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rumbustious

[ ruhm-buhs-chuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Chiefly British.

rumbustious

/ rʌmˈbʌstjəs /

1775–80; probably variant of robustious

C18: probably a variant of robustious

Even the rumbustious Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader George Brown got into the act.

The rumbustious ogre has a hitherto undescribed, but quite imaginable, gap-toothed, beetle-browed ogress of a wife.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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