rookusn.

1892 Century May 159/2 He ain' try ter hender me, an' he better not, 'cause ef 'e had, deir 'd er b'en er rookus right deir.

1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities Speech Mississippi 53 Rookus, a word signifying a quarrel or row.

1902 ‘O. Henry’ in Ainslee's Mag. Mar. 130/1 He talks all spraddled out..'bout the rookuses he's been in. He claims to have saw the elephant and hearn the owl.

1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters vi. 60 Course there'll be a rookus between him and Joe Tait.

1967 Los Angeles Sentinal 20 July b6/1 On our way to the party for the ‘Fifth Dimensions’ at the ‘Daisey’ Club we were stopped outside because of some sort of rookus going on inside.

1929 Amer. Speech 4 385 Such terms as rookus juice, third rail,..and bust-head are evidently references to the potency or the effect of the liquor designated.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §99/1 Liquor..rinse, rookus-juice, [etc.].

1951 Western Folklore 10 80 Give me a shot of:..rookus juice.

1974 J. E. Dabney Mountain Spirits 26 Another ghetto nickname..is ‘ruckus juice’ (pronounced rookus). ‘When you drink it, you will want to start a ruckus,’ says Atlanta black preacher, Rev. William Holmes Borders.