robustious

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

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Author Morley, smiling, robustious, pensive, was present as master of ceremonies.

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The fisherman had treated the driver and the farmer at the Hibernian, and was being rewarded with robustious chaff.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir