donnybrook
/ˈdɒnɪbɹʊk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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A neighbourhood of Douglas, County Cork, Ireland.
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A community in North Huron township, Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
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An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
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Example Sentences
- "But the Hindus turned out and broke their heads; when, finding lawlessness pleasant, Hindus and Muhammadans together raised an aimless sort of Donnybrook just to see how far they could go."
- "Sherman's signature caused another donnybrook over the election of a speaker of the House when the 36th Congress convened in December 1859."
- "This was no innocuous donnybrook but a veritable carnival of thuggee."
- "In one of the most thrilling, heart-threatening donnybrook baseball battles in the World Series in recent decades, the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers tried to smother each other in heroics and home runs over four incredible hours Wednesday night in Game 2."
Etymology
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 (“The Church of Saint Broc”).