rough-house
Example Sentences
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Can Hun Manet modify the rough-house, sometimes thuggish leadership style of his father to a softer and more subtle kind of rule?
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2023
What is “the Cardiff way”? It’s currently the Warnock way: direct, long ball, rough-house.
From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2018
"It was an all-boys school, we would rough-house with each other," he said said.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018
La MaMa was considered a rough-house, with no "standards of excellence" compared with other, more high-profile venues.
From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2011
You lost your temper here once before, and while I don’t say I blame you, the rough-house with Elton didn’t improve your case any.
From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.
