rumpus
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The court heard that she told police: "Kate told me he tried to get up the night before, and she tried to stop him. Ian had said 'leave me alone or I'll cause a rumpus'."
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2024
As the characters in a Coen Brothers movie might say: What’s the rumpus?
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2023
At the center of the rumpus is the confrontational enthusiast Nicholas Reeves, 66, who shares a home near Oxford, England, with a nameless house cat.
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
But the rumpus continued, as Monday brought another takeover and brief shutdown.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022
Billy was working on this letter in the basement rumpus room of his empty house.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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