riproaring

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This newest fad is a riproaring, high-scoring game of the rummy family.

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Up & down the State, by radio and at big, riproaring rallies and barbecues the candidates have poured abuse on each other, whipped up passions and prejudices, kept the State in a frenzy of excitement.

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This novel has pretensions, but they are overridden by Allende's riproaring girl's adventure story.

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His riproaring approach has made the Her-Ex one of the biggest moneymakers in the Hearst chain.

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When I was finished, Pa said, “Those were riproaring stories, all right. Say, I met Dutch Hubbell once. He looked like he’d seen a ghost. His hair stood straight up all the time.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney