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donnybrook

/don-ee-brook/US // ˈdɒn iˌbrʊk //UK // (ˈdɒnɪˌbrʊk) //

唐尼布鲁克,唐尼布罗克,唐尼伯克,唐尼布洛克

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.

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Examples

  • It is going to be an all-time donnybrook, one of great games of chicken we've seen in Washington in recent history.

  • Michael Medved on the four big surprises from the Denver Donnybrook.

  • Here there were probably village incompatibilities—Donnybrook fairs, cattle-lifting, and forays.

  • To express an opinion on a Celtic question is to accept an invitation to a Donnybrook fair.

  • The once famous Donnybrook Fair109 had not then become a thing of the past, although its extinction was approaching.

  • The spirit of Donnybrook Fair is there today as much as ever, and wherever you see a head, hit it, would be home rule.

  • He picked it up at Donnybrook Fair, and applied it practically in his present predicament.