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brawly

  • a word derived from braw.
    braw
    adjective
    fine or fine-looking; excellent.
  • a word derived from brawl.
    brawl
    noun
    an angry, rough, noisy fight, especially one engaged in under the influence of alcohol.

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The McLaughlin Group is great fun, but brawly -- alive with spitballs, hoots of derision, melodramatic postures, overshouts.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the brawly bouncing around that occurred last week in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium, the rule still stood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Weel, for the first ten months or sae, the boat did brawly.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

But it sets me brawly to be finding faut wi’ the puir lass, and me an elder, and should be at the plate.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ask John Paul—he was brawly ashamed o’ that game, him that’s sic a Christian man!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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