Donnybrook
[dä-nē-ˌbru̇k]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Irish English, 19th century
1.
Melee, fracas, or brawl
2.
A public and intense fight
Examples of Donnybrook in a sentence
"The angry crowd broke out into a donnybrook after a rock was thrown."
"The bitter, public donnybrook between the two candidates left voters feeling disheartened."
About Donnybrook
Donnybrook has a pretty literal origin story. It's named after the Donnybrook Fair, a particularly raucous festival that occurred annually near Dublin, Ireland, for over 600 years.
Did you Know?
Donnybrook has a pretty literal origin story. It's named after the Donnybrook Fair, a particularly raucous festival that occured annually near Dublin, Ireland, for over 600 years.
