rough-house
Example Sentences
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Can Hun Manet modify the rough-house, sometimes thuggish leadership style of his father to a softer and more subtle kind of rule?
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2023
"It was an all-boys school, we would rough-house with each other," he said said.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2018
Police FC, a testament to the number of former officers in this jail, became the suitably rough-house Leeds United.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2015
I love being around men – I love fake fighting and all that rough-house stuff – but after a while I really missed my girlfriends.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2012
“Is it a huggin’ match, or a rough-house tackle?”
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Sewell Ford
