don·ny·brook (d n  -br k )n. An uproar; a free-for-all. See Synonyms at brawl. [After Donnybrook fair, held annually in Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, and noted for its brawls.] |
donnybrook [ˈdɒnɪˌbrʊk]
n
a rowdy brawl
[after Donnybrook Fair, an annual event until 1855 near Dublin]
donnybrook - Donnybrook is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, once famous for its annual fair and now used to describe a scene of uproar or disorder.
See also related terms for uproar.
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