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
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
As far as we are concerned, we have no knowledge of any organized rowdyism of any kind.
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
An instinctive respect kept it within bounds, or perhaps it was Bob Fletcher's fierce and warning look that cowed any incipient rowdyism.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd
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