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A '''donnybrook''' is a brawl. | [[File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg|thumb|''Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel'' ("Peasants Brawling over Cards") by [[Adriaen Brouwer (nonfiction)|Adriaen Brouwer]] (circa 1605).]]A '''donnybrook''' is a brawl. | ||
Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. | Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. | ||
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== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Bringing a Gorn to a paradigm fight]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Imbrogliosis]] | |||
* [[Uncials]] | * [[Uncials]] | ||
* [[Wumpus-compass]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
External links | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donnybrook donnybrook] @ Wiktionary | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/donnybrook donnybrook] @ Wiktionary | ||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Aggression (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Combat (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Violence (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 07:55, 30 August 2022
Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel ("Peasants Brawling over Cards") by Adriaen Brouwer (circa 1605).
A donnybrook is a brawl.
Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century.
The town of Donnybrook comes from the Irish "Domhnach Broc", meaning "The Church of Saint Broc".
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
- Bringing a Gorn to a paradigm fight
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Imbrogliosis
- Uncials
- Wumpus-compass
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- donnybrook @ Wiktionary