rowdyish
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New Plays Honeymooning is a rowdyish jamboree, in which only the naive may find a modicum of unsophisticated amusement.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the children of the neighborhood, except the most rowdyish, flocked to Morgan Chapel at least once a week.
From The Promised Land by Mary Antin
At last he came slowly sauntering round the end of the house, his hat tipped on one side, with a rowdyish air.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 by Various
He emphasizes in himself the traits which he shares with workingmen, sailors, soldiers, and those who live in the open air, even laying claim to the "rowdyish."
From Whitman A Study by John Burroughs
It seemed probable that I should be shopped by Mrs. Effie for what she had been led to believe was my rowdyish behaviour.
From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson
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