raise a rumpus
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One hundred thousand such fire-eaters as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the land, could raise a rumpus which would cause the late unpleasantness to pale into insignificance.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
She just got to the place where it's her time to spill brine, and raise a rumpus about something, and aisy brathin' would start her.
From At the Foot of the Rainbow by Stratton-Porter, Gene
"Well," continued Xury, "all you have got to do is to raise a rumpus out there, an' awaken the people up stairs."
From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry
He’d be liable to raise a rumpus, he would.”
From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
"Lordy, but this will raise a rumpus," groaned the landlord.
From Green Fancy by McCutcheon, George Barr