rowdyism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowdyism
Example Sentences
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The Eagle was of the opinion that architecture could influence behavior, noting in 1893 that there was “much less rowdyism and general law breaking in the 18th Precinct than a few years ago.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2011
Last week the British in Nyasaland were faced with the most ominous outbreak of mass disobedience and rowdyism since David Livingstone, Bible in hand, discovered the lush valley 94 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Premier appeared rowdyism was let loose and after facing the multitude for ten minutes in a vain effort to start his speech, he was forced to leave.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Way of a Transgressor, with its tone of amiable rowdyism, will remind readers of Bruce Lockhart's British Agent.
From Time Magazine Archive
The university attracted him mostly by its most undesirable features, its sports, its secret societies, its petty cliques, and its rowdyism.
From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Charles Klein
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