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

"It was an all-boys school, we would rough-house with each other," he said said.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018

I love being around men – I love fake fighting and all that rough-house stuff – but after a while I really missed my girlfriends.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012

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

We sorter guessed from the blanky rough-house they were making they was up ter something and got ready to make 'em welcome.

From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)