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rowdy

aggettivosostantivoattestato nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//ˈɹaʊ̯di//
  • Canada//ˈɹaʊ̯di//
  • Canada/[ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi]/
  • Australia//ˈɹæɔ̯di//

Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

aggettivo

  1. 1

    Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

Etimologia

Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A boisterous person; a brawler.

    Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. They slept the day, drank well into the evening, and then set off for their pastime.

  2. 2

    obsoletomoney; ready money.

    I don’t know whether I quite approve of your throwing over Mr. P. for Mr. F., and don’t think Foker’s such a pretty name, and from your account of him he seems a muff, and not a beauty. But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing.

    "Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal. "I have no money — none — save a few guineas; there — there — in my pocket […]

Forme

plurale
rowdies
comparativo
rowdier
superlativo
rowdiest
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