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Definition of Rough-house
1. Verb. Treat in a rough or boisterous manner.
Definition of Rough-house
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of roughhouse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough-house
Literary usage of Rough-house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1857)
"Founder of the Rough House, or Institution of Rescue at Horn, near Hamburg. ...
The Rough House, (Rauhe ..."
2. American Journal of Education (1857)
"Founder of the Rough House, or Institution of Rescue at Horn, near Hamburg.
JOHN HENRY WICHERN, whose name will ever be associated with one of the most ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Sei Monthly 3:285-8 S '16 Rough house. Forum 55:454-6 Ap 'Iti Seniority in the
nursery.-School and Soc 3:14-17 Mr 18 '16 ..."
4. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... Mr. Chapman, ordered to Europe — Visit the city of Cape Town — Skippers of
burned ships not friendly and disposed to start a rough-house — HM troopship ..."
5. Dr. Barnardo: The Foster-father of "nobody's Children." A Record and an by John Herridge Batt (1904)
"... the Rauhes Haus " (Rough House). —IMMANUEL WICHERN, Hamburg. CHAPTER III.
THE NEXT STEP, AND WHAT IT LED TO. r I ^HE next step in the formation of the ..."