- roaring boy
- noun Date: circa 1590 a noisy street bully especially of Elizabethan and Jacobean England who intimidated passersby
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Roaring boy — Roar Roar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n. {Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G. r[ o]hten, OHG. r?r?n. [root]112.] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
roaring boy — noun or roaring lad : a noisy bullying street roisterer of Elizabethan and Jacobean England intimidating passersby (as if to commit robbery) called also circling boy * * * roaring boy noun (obsolete) A boisterous bullying reveller, swaggerer or… … Useful english dictionary
Roaring — Roar Roar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n. {Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G. r[ o]hten, OHG. r?r?n. [root]112.] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Roaring forties — Roar Roar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n. {Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G. r[ o]hten, OHG. r?r?n. [root]112.] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
roaring lad — noun see roaring boy … Useful english dictionary
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circling boy — noun see roaring boy … Useful english dictionary
The Luck of Roaring Camp — is a short story by American author Bret Harte. It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the Overland Monthly and helped push Harte to international prominence.The story is about the birth of a baby boy in a 19th century gold… … Wikipedia
