rowdyism

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The Eagle was of the opinion that architecture could influence behavior, noting in 1893 that there was “much less rowdyism and general law breaking in the 18th Precinct than a few years ago.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2011

A troublesome oddity is that although all of this fine rowdyism is described from the viewpoint of the twelve-year-old Albert, a mist of ruefulness and loss drifts across the narrative.

From Time Magazine Archive

Warners has surrounded him with the hilarious rowdyism of the prizefighting game in the '903, including a superb performance by Ward Bond as the great John L. himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the airport came Ben Lear in person, read the riot act again�"disgrace to the Army . . . loose conduct and rowdyism . . . breach of discipline."

From Time Magazine Archive

The event was made the occasion of rowdyism unimpeded by any surveillance on the part of the government authorities.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)