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
To keep his ballrooms free of rowdyism, Bill Karzas provides only "sweet" music, bans jitterbugging.
From Time Magazine Archive
Warners has surrounded him with the hilarious rowdyism of the prizefighting game in the '903, including a superb performance by Ward Bond as the great John L. himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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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