rowdyism

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The Eagle was of the opinion that architecture could influence behavior, noting in 1893 that there was “much less rowdyism and general law breaking in the 18th Precinct than a few years ago.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2011

Every Sunday in July was marked by rows and rowdyism within and without the Cathedral.

From Time Magazine Archive

To keep his ballrooms free of rowdyism, Bill Karzas provides only "sweet" music, bans jitterbugging.

From Time Magazine Archive

A troublesome oddity is that although all of this fine rowdyism is described from the viewpoint of the twelve-year-old Albert, a mist of ruefulness and loss drifts across the narrative.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I don't know why Dr. Wallington permits such rowdyism."

From The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College by Stratemeyer, Edward