brawlers

Some conflict can be expected; the governor is a Republican, the senators are Democrats, and all three are known as brawlers.

NYT > Home Page By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA 2011

Hillary and Bill are brawlers, that is what caused the divisiveness and polarization that paralyzed this country and brought about gridlock and a GOP majority.

Hillary On The Debate: Obama Is "Very Frustrated" 2009

Hillary and Bill are brawlers, that is what caused the divisiveness and polarization that paralyzed this country and brought about gridlock and a GOP majority.

Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Hillary On The Debate: Obama Is "Very Frustrated" 2009

"Bad weather!" as the case might be -- equally ready with their rattles to sound the dread alarm of fire, or with their long _bâtons_ to capture belated midnight brawlers, that is, when they saw they had a good chance of escaping capture themselves.

Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868

Despite their military provenance, the Bayi Rockets are not especially known as brawlers.

NYT > Home Page By ANDREW JACOBS 2011

He soon meted out a sanguinary punishment to the "brawlers" as the strikers were called, humbled the city government, deprived it of all local privileges, suppressed all independent corporations, asserted the royal prerogative of nominating aldermen, and erected a fortress to overawe the burghers.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

Thus gorged, the pack of hungry "brawlers" and grasping intriguers, the whole serviceable force of the sections and of the clubs, is in his hands.

The French Revolution - Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860

However then we wouldn't have police officers that would confront bank robbers, or drunken bar brawlers single handed.

Discourse.net: Deconstructing the Police Report in the Skip Gates Arrest Case 2009

Although, you start connecting the dots and you realize that, though she sounds like an old-timey, old-fashioned Catholic moralist, she's almost always defending something that most of us would find horrific, whether it's corrupt politicians over reformers, or bar brawlers.

Todd Seavey Rehashes Romantic Past With Fellow C-SPAN Panelist On Live TV (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010

Although, you start connecting the dots and you realize that, though she sounds like an old-timey, old-fashioned Catholic moralist, she's almost always defending something that most of us would find horrific, whether it's corrupt politicians over reformers, or bar brawlers.

Todd Seavey Rehashes Romantic Past With Fellow C-SPAN Panelist On Live TV (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010