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don·ny·brook

(dŏn′ē-bro͝ok′)

A melee; a free-for-all. See Synonyms at brawl.

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

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donnybrook

(ˈdɒnɪˌbrʊk)

a rowdy brawl

[C19: after Donnybrook Fair, an annual event until 1855 near Dublin]

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don•ny•brook

(ˈdɒn iˌbrʊk)

n. (often cap.)

a brawl or free-for-all. Also called Don′nybrook Fair′.

[1850–55; after Donnybrook (Fair), a fair held annually until 1855 at Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin]

donnybrook

- Donnybrook is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, once famous for its annual fair and now used to describe a scene of uproar or disorder.

donnybrook

noun

A quarrel, fight, or disturbance marked by very noisy, disorderly, and often violent behavior:

affray, brawl, broil, fray, free-for-all, melee, riot, row, ruction, tumult.

Informal: fracas.

Slang: rumble.

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