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单词 donnybrook
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donnybrookn.

Brit. /ˈdɒnɪbrʊk/, U.S. /ˈdɑniˌbrʊk/
Forms: Also with capital initial.
Etymology: < the name of Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, once famous for its annual fair.
A scene of uproar and disorder; a riotous or uproarious meeting; a heated argument.
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society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension
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1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 645/2 The Irish patriots insist on having a Donnybrook to themselves.
1888 R. Kipling His Chance in Life in Plain Tales from Hills 69 Hindus and Mahommedans together raised an aimless sort of ‘Donnybrook’.
1915 Lit. Digest 17 Apr. 863/2 A campaign which the New York World called a ‘Donnybrook’.
1964 Word Study Feb. 1/1 The lexicographical donnybrook provoked by Webster's Third New International Dictionary.
1966 Economist 12 Feb. 600/3 Imagine the Donnybrook there would be in France or Italy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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