Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
rumbustious .
Etymologies
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rumbustious + -ness
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Examples
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And the sequence "Walking Westward" 1979 is full of the colloquial rumbustiousness and jarring disjunctions of the middle Cantos.
Archive 2009-01-01 Rus Bowden 2009
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The lady is quite shocked at your rumbustiousness!
The Carbonels Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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In the final dance, a folk-like rumbustiousness invaded the music, the tempo constantly pulling back and then launching off with even more vigour - a feeling Salonen and the orchestra caught to perfection.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Ivan Hewett 2011
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