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
For Jasper Jay went away at last; but he didn’t wait until he had grown weary of his rowdyish sport.
From The Tale of Rusty Wren by Harry L. Smith
Why, 'The Evening Mail' is a paper designed to appeal to the more rowdyish element in Gridley politics.
From The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"Teall, we might expect something rowdyish from your crowd of muckers," declared Martin scornfully, as the sides changed.
From The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
Four or five of the rowdyish crowd picked up sticks that they had carried through the forest that afternoon.
From The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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