knockabout

Example Sentences

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“The Chair” is entertaining in a knockabout way, if you don’t look too closely, and Oh is wonderful every minute she’s in it.

From Los Angeles Times

A knockabout comedy, this “Merry Wives” is also something more.

From New York Times

That figure is part of a five-year trend that has seen pickleball evolve from its origins as a backyard knockabout game to a sport with Olympic aspirations.

From BBC

Gone were tedious trade delegations, midi-chloreans and galactic senates, back were knockabout space romps and realistic looking sets.

From The Guardian

Now much of this may look like the familiar knockabout you get on social media.

From BBC