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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for rowdy:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

rowdy
    adj 1: disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous
           party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: raucous, rowdy]
    n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough,
         hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo,
         yobbo]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rowdy \Row"dy\, n.; pl. Rowdies. [From Rout, or Row a
   brawl.]
   One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly
   fellow. --M. Arnold.
   [1913 Webster]

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