robustious
Americanadjective
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rough; boisterous
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strong, robust, or stout
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After serving as host at a heaping Thanksgiving dinner for elderly folks, Boston's unpompous Archbishop Richard J. Cushing shifted into high, merrily danced an Irish jig with two robustious ewes of his diocesan flock.
From Time Magazine Archive
But with a gobbet of chewing gum, Broadway's robustious Al Trahan stopped the show, rocked the Palladium with mighty mirth and convulsed the Royal Party.
From Time Magazine Archive
P. A. L., his first novel, was the robustious biography of a U. S. promoter and wildcat bunco artist, "P. A. L. Tangerman."
From Time Magazine Archive
Watching Scofield slip effortlessly from dying Volpone to robustious Fox is as fascinating as the unfolding of his intricate schemes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had not the Deacon ranked him in the robustious great company of Burns!
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
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