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Definition of Roughhousing
1. roughhouse [v] - See also: roughhouse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roughhousing
Literary usage of Roughhousing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Study Of The Nature, Incidence, And Consequences Of Elementary School by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Conversely, boys were were more likely to be injured while participating in groups
sports, roughhousing and fighting, and running and jumping. ..."
2. Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders: An Implementation Evaluation of Three by Blair B. Borque (1997)
"... inappropriate dress, or roughhousing. 19 Among other differences, the Conditions
of Confinement study bases its calculations on the facility population ..."
3. Great American Universities by Edwin Emery Slosson (1910)
"Established customs of disorder, such as hazing, roughhousing, and rushing, have
been abolished or reduced to comparatively innocuous forms. ..."
4. Great American Universities by Edwin Emery Slosson (1910)
"Established customs of disorder, such as hazing, roughhousing, and rushing, have
been abolished or reduced to comparatively innocuous forms. ..."
5. The Politics of Law and Order: A History of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr, 1918 by David Clay Large (1980)
"... personality, and political philosophy.16 Born in 1870 in the Oberpfalz,
Escherich spent most of his childhood hunting and roughhousing. ..."
6. A Tenderfoot with Peary by George Borup (1911)
"We stayed there all the 25th, getting the ship in final shape for the roughhousing
she'd get before we hit civilization, and early the next day the last ..."
7. Abandoned to the State: Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages by Kathleen Hunt (1999)
"... it is not to be confused with the typical roughhousing among fraternity brothers
at universities in the United States. A brief catalogue of frequently ..."
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