Donnybrook Definition

dŏnē-bro͝ok
noun
A rough, rowdy fight or free-for-all.
Webster's New World

A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.

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Singular:
donnybrook
Plural:
donnybrooks

Origin of Donnybrook

  • After Donnybrook fair, held annually in Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, and noted for its brawls

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named from Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, the site of a notoriously disorderly annual fair.

    From Wiktionary

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