raise a rumpus
Example Sentences
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Now he's going to raise a rumpus for sure!
From Interference and Other Football Stories by Sherman, Harold Morrow
One hundred thousand such fire-eaters as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the land, could raise a rumpus which would cause the late unpleasantness to pale into insignificance.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
"Well," continued Xury, "all you have got to do is to raise a rumpus out there, an' awaken the people up stairs."
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry
"Lordy, but this will raise a rumpus," groaned the landlord.
From Green Fancy by McCutcheon, George Barr
They sort of partitioned the cage off by itself, and kept close watch on Harry, so he wouldn’t raise a rumpus.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.
