raise a rumpus
Example Sentences
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My wife would raise a rumpus if I brought you along.
From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham
"Lordy, but this will raise a rumpus," groaned the landlord.
From Green Fancy by McCutcheon, George Barr
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
Now he's going to raise a rumpus for sure!
From Interference and Other Football Stories by Sherman, Harold Morrow
He’d be liable to raise a rumpus, he would.”
From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
