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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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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Author Morley, smiling, robustious, pensive, was present as master of ceremonies.

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Danger, at first robustious, softens so far as to say that he has no objection to the Lover loving, only he had better keep clear of his roses.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George