单词 | donnybrook |
释义 | donnybrookn. A scene of uproar and disorder; a riotous or uproarious meeting; a heated argument. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension tirpeilc1330 to-doc1330 affraya1393 frayc1420 tuilyiea1500 fraction1502 broil1525 ruffle1534 hurly-burly1548 embroilment1609 roil1690 fracas1727 row1746 the devil among the tailors1756 noration1773 splorea1791 kick-upa1793 rumption1802 ruction1809 squall1813 tulyie-mulyie1827 shindy1829 shine1832 donnybrook1852 shiveau1862 roughhouse1882 ruckus1885 shemozzle1885 turn-up1891 rookus1892 funk1900 incident1913 potin1922 shivoo1924 furore1946 shindig1961 1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 645/2 The Irish patriots insist on having a Donnybrook to themselves. 1888 R. Kipling His Chance in Life in Plain Tales from Hills 69 Hindus and Mahommedans together raised an aimless sort of ‘Donnybrook’. 1915 Lit. Digest 17 Apr. 863/2 A campaign which the New York World called a ‘Donnybrook’. 1964 Word Study Feb. 1/1 The lexicographical donnybrook provoked by Webster's Third New International Dictionary. 1966 Economist 12 Feb. 600/3 Imagine the Donnybrook there would be in France or Italy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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