rowdyish
AmericanOther Word Forms
- rowdyishly adverb
- rowdyishness noun
Etymology
Origin of rowdyish
Example Sentences
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He would simply nod to Ralph, but the old rowdyish swing was gone.
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Turning to the northwest, the dusty road runs on beside the river and beneath the bluffs lined with rowdyish folk, who shout down greetings to their acquaintances and compliments to the ladies, toward the ermita.
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They had no idea that the crowd about the pavilion was rowdyish.
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Excursion boats, gleaming white, and trimmed with shining brass, lay beside the wharves, and low-lying tugs, sturdy, rowdyish little things, passed by, floating like ducks and pulling like bull-dogs, guiding great two-masted sailing boats and long, low, grimy steamers, with high decks at the ends.
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New Plays Honeymooning is a rowdyish jamboree, in which only the naive may find a modicum of unsophisticated amusement.
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