robustious

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After flitting into Britain to plug one of her movies, robustious Jayne Mansfield ran afoul of an unchivalrous lensman, emerged on film as a cow in leopard's clothing.

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But with a gobbet of chewing gum, Broadway's robustious Al Trahan stopped the show, rocked the Palladium with mighty mirth and convulsed the Royal Party.

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Last week, with a robustious performance of Rigoletto, the Rome Opera's 1949 summer season came to a close.

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Watching Scofield slip effortlessly from dying Volpone to robustious Fox is as fascinating as the unfolding of his intricate schemes.

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The fisherman had treated the driver and the farmer at the Hibernian, and was being rewarded with robustious chaff.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir