raise a rumpus

Example Sentences

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"And we must be ready to fight, for that man will raise a rumpus."

From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.

"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

He’d be liable to raise a rumpus, he would.”

From The Peace of Roaring River by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)

"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