donnybrook

[don-ee-broo k] /ˈdɒn iˌbrʊk/
noun, (often initial capital letter)
1.
an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
Also called Donnybrook Fair.
Origin
1850-55; after Donnybrook (Fair)
Examples from the web for donnybrook
  • It would seem to me that you're all coming here and saying, you know, this was a donnybrook down there.
British Dictionary definitions for donnybrook

donnybrook

/ˈdɒnɪˌbrʊk/
noun
1.
a rowdy brawl
Word Origin
C19: after Donnybrook Fair, an annual event until 1855 near Dublin
Word Origin and History for donnybrook
n.

1852, from Donnybrook Fair, proverbial for carousing and brawling, held in County Dublin until 1855.

Slang definitions & phrases for donnybrook

donnybrook

noun

A riotous scene, esp a general and energetic brawl; brannigan: A donnybrook began when police arrested the operators

[1852+; fr the reputation of a fair held annually at the Dublin suburb of Donnybrook]