donnybrook

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A ` semi-trailer, 'called an articulated lorry in Britain and New Zealand, is briefly an artic; a ` donnybrook' is a donny; a ` locomotive 'a loci; a ` milkman' a milkie; a ` nappy 'a nap; a ` differential' a diffy.

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  • A ` semi-trailer, 'called an articulated lorry in Britain and New Zealand, is briefly an artic; a ` donnybrook' is a donny; a ` locomotive 'a loci; a ` milkman' a milkie; a ` nappy 'a nap; a ` differential' a diffy. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1
  • Her and her husband have had a donnybrook, they aren't speaking -- it gets a bit tense over there sometimes. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • This donnybrook is going to get worse with Skype set to release shortly on the BlackBerry platform. —  GigaOM Network
  • If the film critics 'panel was a donnybrook, the workshop was more like a self-help love-in.
  • It is a Dionysian donnybrook, worthy of the best punch-ups described by Rabelais and Cervantes. [ —  Finding a Lost Prince of Bohemia
 

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Etymologies (1)

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  1. After Donnybrook fair, held annually in Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, and noted for its brawls.
 

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