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Definition of Rowdies
1. rowdy [n] - See also: rowdy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowdies
Literary usage of Rowdies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Out-doors at Idlewild; Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855)
"Canterbury rowdies—Pianos and Porkers—Unwelcome Visitors—Penalty of Pounding—A
Public Benefactor. June 25, 1853. THE corner of the Highland Terrace, ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... three thousand Virginians and a large body of Maryland rowdies were enlisted
in the enterprise. ... 1864 A mass of swearing, gaming, drinking rowdies. ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1863 A class of rowdies whose reign in Baltimore had given the —Id., ii. 145. "
Monumental City " an unenviable reputation for disorder. Clabber. ..."
4. The Irish in America by John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee (1868)
"Feeling of the Irish in America towards England—A Fatal Mistake—Not Scamps and
rowdies—Who they really are—Sympathy conquering Irritation — Indifference to ..."
5. The Irish in America by John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee (1868)
"Feeling of tho Irish in America towards England—A Fatal Mis- take—Not Scamps and
rowdies—Who they really are—Sympathy conquering Irritation — Indifference ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... are called "Bloods," or aristocratic rowdies. Similar to ' ' Drunk as a lord.
... rowdies ..."
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