robustious
Americanadjective
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rough; boisterous
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strong, robust, or stout
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Author Morley, smiling, robustious, pensive, was present as master of ceremonies.
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Three Oranges is certainly the broadest burlesque ever set on an opera stage, and the richest fun ever made out of grand opera's robustious airs.
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P. A. L., his first novel, was the robustious biography of a U. S. promoter and wildcat bunco artist, "P. A. L. Tangerman."
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After flitting into Britain to plug one of her movies, robustious Jayne Mansfield ran afoul of an unchivalrous lensman, emerged on film as a cow in leopard's clothing.
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They wandered about some more, listened for a short time to the trillings of a robustious prima donna come upon evil days.
From Stubble by George Looms
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