brawly

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1. Having or characterised by brawls.

   Although it is not a boisterous or brawly bar, there is a constant flow of noises from the television, the jukebox, the pool table, pinball machine, and telephone.

   1974, James Michael Brady, Bookmaking: The Sociology of an Illegal Occupation, page 70

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   The sudden, brawly shock of a dog fight, the primitive wailing, the guttural intimidations, the unpredictable lunges and slashes that can kill your dog or brand him a killer — all of it impels people to add human yells to the noisy chaos.

   2003, Susan Conant, Dead and Doggone, page 6

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1. ScotlandFinely, handsomely.

   He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree.

   1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

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   “And how is yourself, Cluny?” said Alan. “I hope ye do brawly, sir. And I am proud to see ye, and to present to ye my friend the Laird of Shaws, Mr. David Balfour.”

   1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC