robustious

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P. A. L., his first novel, was the robustious biography of a U. S. promoter and wildcat bunco artist, "P. A. L. Tangerman."

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Three Oranges is certainly the broadest burlesque ever set on an opera stage, and the richest fun ever made out of grand opera's robustious airs.

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But with a gobbet of chewing gum, Broadway's robustious Al Trahan stopped the show, rocked the Palladium with mighty mirth and convulsed the Royal Party.

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Last week, with a robustious performance of Rigoletto, the Rome Opera's 1949 summer season came to a close.

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It is the old jealousy of a clever and unscrupulous self-made man towards an improvident seigneur and his somewhat robustious son.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George