rowdies

And this, as in so many demonstrations here in France in past years and this year as well, is that there are clashes between namely rowdies and the police.

CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2006 2006

In this little analogy, the frazzled homeowner is Israel, the impotent police are the United Nations (UN), and the rowdies are the splintered groups that make up the political constellation that is the Lebanese parliament - groups that not all that long ago were engaged in their own civil war.

The Australian Jewish News 2009

The "rowdies," Malone discovered, were a large minority group that wanted the good old days of electric canes, paper hats, whistles and pretty girls.

Supermind Laurence M. Janifer 1967

A stir among the "rowdies" is seen, followed by the appearance "on the boards" of Lady Suffolk.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

Various circumstances, which all who know the turf are aware it is liable to, rendered gentlemen so disgusted with it at Long Island, that they discontinued sending horses to run, and gradually gave up going themselves, and it is now left all but entirely to the "rowdies," -- _alias_ mob.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

A mob of "rowdies" from New York city have been present in the galleries and on the floor of the House.

Foreign and Colonial Intelligence 1863

One day a wrangle began, and one of the city "rowdies" pulled a pistol and fired upon a soldier.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864

_gratis_ -- a fact soon proved by the inroad of a few "rowdies," and the ubiquitous vendors of lollipops and peanuts, headed by the persevering distributor of hymns.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

"1645 This year the colony was attacked by a party of 'rowdies' or marauders and the missioners were carried off to Virginia." [

Captain Richard Ingle The Maryland "Pirate and Rebel," 1642-1653 Edward Ingle 1892

Obama is dispelling all this rubbish by speaking out with the straight poop, so I suggest getting it right from the horse's mouth rather than from the rowdies.

Specter faces angry crowd at town hall meeting 2009