robustious

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P. A. L., his first novel, was the robustious biography of a U. S. promoter and wildcat bunco artist, "P. A. L. Tangerman."

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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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Opera House Permit Yale's robustious, tweedy Professor Yandell Henderson last week recapitulated his researches on lungs.

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Three Oranges is certainly the broadest burlesque ever set on an opera stage, and the richest fun ever made out of grand opera's robustious airs.

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Had not the Deacon ranked him in the robustious great company of Burns!

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas