Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 278255 6485703 2009-04-25T14:17:37Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:uk:donnybrook]] ==English== ===Etymology=== Named from [[w:Donnybrook, Dublin|Donnybrook]], a suburb of Dublin, the site of a notoriously disorderly annual fair. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈdɒnɪbrʊk/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A [[brawl]] or [[fracas]]; a scene of [[chaos]]. #*'''1888''', Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, ''Plain Tales from the Hills'', Folio 2005, p. 56: #*:But the Hindus turned out and broke their heads; when, finding lawlessness pleasant, Hindus and Muhammadans together raised an aimless sort of '''Donnybrook''' just to see how far they could go. #*'''2003''', Robert Casemore, ''Gold Is Where You Find It'', Xlibris 2003, p. 47: #*:The regulars here, includin' me, put up a real '''donnybrook''' to save the place. [[ru:donnybrook]] [[uk:donnybrook]] [[vi:donnybrook]]