/ · 1894 Brewer’s · R · Rowdy (rhyme with cloudy)
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A ruffian brawler, a “rough,” a riotous or turbulent fellow, whose delight is to make a row or disturbance.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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