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#*:Sherman's signature caused another '''donnybrook''' over the election of a speaker of the House when the 36th Congress convened in December 1859. |
#*:Sherman's signature caused another '''donnybrook''' over the election of a speaker of the House when the 36th Congress convened in December 1859. |
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#*'''2002''', Joseph O'Connor, ''Star of the Sea'', Vintage 2003, p. 223: |
#*'''2002''', Joseph O'Connor, ''Star of the Sea'', Vintage 2003, p. 223: |
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#*:This was no innocuous '''donnybrook''' but a veritable carnival of thuggee |
#*:This was no innocuous '''donnybrook''' but a veritable carnival of thuggee |
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# A freestyle form of ping pong in which every thing in the room other than the floor is treated as in play. |
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#* "What a great game of Donnybrook that was. That all-natural you caught me on was legendary." |
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Revision as of 01:39, 27 March 2012
English
Etymology
Named from Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, the site of a notoriously disorderly annual fair.
Pronunciation
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Noun
donnybrook (plural donnybrooks)
- A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 56:
- But the Hindus turned out and broke their heads; when, finding lawlessness pleasant, Hindus and Muhammadans together raised an aimless sort of Donnybrook just to see how far they could go.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom, Oxford 2003, p. 200:
- Sherman's signature caused another donnybrook over the election of a speaker of the House when the 36th Congress convened in December 1859.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p. 223:
- This was no innocuous donnybrook but a veritable carnival of thuggee
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 56:
- A freestyle form of ping pong in which every thing in the room other than the floor is treated as in play.
- "What a great game of Donnybrook that was. That all-natural you caught me on was legendary."