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(dän′ē bro̵ok′)

noun

Informal a rough, rowdy fight or free-for-all

Origin: < Donnybrook Fair

See donnybrook in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An uproar; a free-for-all. See Synonyms at brawl.

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

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