donnybrook
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iˌbrʊk noun (often initial capital letter)
an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
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| —n | |
| a rowdy brawl | |
| [C19: after Donnybrook Fair, an annual event until 1855 near Dublin] | |
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Donnybrook
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
donnybrook
1852, from Donnybrook Fair, proverbial for carousing and brawling, held in County Dublin until 1855.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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It would seem to me that you're all coming here and saying, you know, this was a donnybrook down there.
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