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
The Way of a Transgressor, with its tone of amiable rowdyism, will remind readers of Bruce Lockhart's British Agent.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your story was superbly done, but have you ever paused to consider that ". . . the rowdyism, riot and revolt of the youth" can be laid at the doorstep of Freud & Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such is the tact of George Sisler, such his control, that never in his career has he resorted to rowdyism to intimidate a refractory umpire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well might Mr. Raikes make this entry in his journal, when a King of England manifested a liking for "rowdyism."
From Memoir of Queen Adelaide Consort of King William IV. by Doran, Dr. John
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