riproaring

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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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"The modern Dumas'" 26th riproaring tale gives adventure story readers their money's worth in 379 pages about Louis XVI's son, the "Lost Dauphin."

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

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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