rowdy

UK /ˈɹaʊ̯di/ US /ˈɹaʊ̯di/
noun 2adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

noun

1

A boisterous person; a brawler.

Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. They slept the day, drank well into the evening, and then set off for their pastime.

2

money; ready money.

I don’t know whether I quite approve of your throwing over Mr. P. for Mr. F., and don’t think Foker’s such a pretty name, and from your account of him he seems a muff, and not a beauty. But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing.

"Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal. "I have no money — none — save a few guineas; there — there — in my pocket […]

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