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A '''donnybrook''' is a brawl. | [[File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg|250px|thumb|Peasants brawling at cards.]]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. | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 13 July 2016
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".
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- donnybrook @ Wiktionary