rowdyish
AmericanOther Word Forms
- rowdyishly adverb
- rowdyishness noun
Etymology
Origin of rowdyish
Example Sentences
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New Plays Honeymooning is a rowdyish jamboree, in which only the naive may find a modicum of unsophisticated amusement.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the children of the neighborhood, except the most rowdyish, flocked to Morgan Chapel at least once a week.
From The Promised Land by Antin, Mary
And his bearing, his mustache, and his low hat, tipped rakishly over one ear, gave him an arrogant, pretentious, rowdyish appearance.
From The Count's Millions by Gaboriau, Émile
They were a noisy, turbulent mob, cheered on by like rowdyish sympathizers lining the pavements.
From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Chapman, Allen
Even little girls, divining his abjectness, were prone to act rowdyish with him.
From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon
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