rabblesome

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English

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Etymology

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From rabble +‎ -some.

Adjective

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rabblesome (comparative more rabblesome, superlative most rabblesome)

  1. Characteristic or typical of (a) rabble
    • 2013, Catriona McPherson, Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses:
      The little shack on the harbour was a very different place this Saturday luncheon time, thronged with people: a long queue of men and women snaking out of the door and coiling around the side, and on the bollards and lobster pots and the harbour wall itself there were gangs of little boys and girls, rabblesome families and courting couples all intent on the fragrant contents of the newspaper nests they held open in their laps.