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donnybrook fair

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Don⋅ny⋅brook Fair

  [don-ee-brook]
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–noun
1. a fair which until 1855 was held annually at Donnybrook, County Dublin, Ireland, and which was famous for rioting and dissipation.
2. donnybrook.

don⋅ny⋅brook

  [don-ee-brook]
–noun (often initial capital letter)
an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
Also called Donnybrook Fair.

Origin:
1850–55; after Donnybrook (Fair)
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donnybrook

  1. n.
    a big argument; a brawl. : There was a big donnybrook at the concert, and the police were called.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

donnybrook 
1852, from Donnybrook Fair, proverbial for carousing and brawling, held in County Dublin until 1855.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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