knockabout
Example Sentences
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His adaptation maintains a knockabout, almost farcical pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
McCowan's words sparked something - and it was good knockabout stuff.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer are the talented stars and creators of “Broad City,” a delightful, knockabout comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
The son of a butcher who had fled Nazi Germany, Mr. Caan grew up in the 1940s and 1950s on the knockabout streets of the outer boroughs of New York.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
Like we was old knockabout friends of the streets.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
