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Meanings of knockabout in английском

Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits.

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                Examples for "boisterous"
                Examples for "boisterous"
                1
                When the two left New Orleans, Marcus's boisterous family was significantly smaller.
                The Book of Life
                2
                The voices in the adjoining room were becoming louder and more boisterous.
                The King's Arrow: A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists
                3
                For the day remained gray and boisterous until late in the afternoon.
                Pearl of Pearl Island
                4
                For some it was a boisterous romp, for others a joyless reality.
                Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
                5
                Even the most boisterous young bucks generally gave Butler a wide berth.
                Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
                Usage of knockabout in английском
                1
                The tabloids, of course are known for their knockabout proficiency with puns.
                BBC
                2
                There's a new knockabout Aussie tradie ready to step into your shoes.
                News.com.au
                3
                Beneath the knockabout surface, the programme got to grips with important issues.
                A week in december
                4
                He was the black-bearded man who shanghaied you in the white knockabout.
                The Submarine Boys and the Middies / Or, the Prize Detail at Ann...
                5
                His life was a tragedy written in the terms of knockabout farce.
                The Moon and Sixpence
                6
                He took a knockabout watch from the breast pocket of his shirt.
                Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
                7
                For most of last year, my relationship with Banks and Wigmore was knockabout.
                The Guardian
                8
                SURE, Jack Miller is a typical knockabout young fella from Townsville.
                News.com.au
                9
                This horse must have been raised, I think, in the knockabout song-and-dance business.
                Cobb's Anatomy
                10
                The match provided early seasonal pantomime knockabout fare in typically crowd-pleasing Barbarians style.
                The South African
                11
                Something to do with the undigested immigrant nature of the knockabout.
                Kalooki Nights
                12
                He makes it sound quite knockabout and easy to replicate.
                The Guardian
                13
                Its knockabout hero is heir to an Oxfordshire estate and a prestigious City bank.
                The Guardian
                14
                I've had my share of knockabout stuff, for one day.
                Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
                15
                Twice a week, rain or shine, she was crew of the young gentleman's knockabout.
                We Three
                16
                The contrast with the knockabout debating that characterised Westminster was marked to say the least.
                The Irish Times
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