rowdyism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rowdyism
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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
A troublesome oddity is that although all of this fine rowdyism is described from the viewpoint of the twelve-year-old Albert, a mist of ruefulness and loss drifts across the narrative.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every Sunday in July was marked by rows and rowdyism within and without the Cathedral.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young trees and delicate flowers in the public gardens require no special protection, and one looks in vain for anything like rowdyism in the crowded thoroughfares.
From Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia by Maturin Murray Ballou
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