Brawl

Definitions

1. A type of dance move or step.
   obsolete
2. A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

Equivalents

Examples

“Three Ciuell brawles bred of an airie word, / By the old Capulet and Mountague, / Haue thrice diſturbd the quiet of our ſtreets.”

“The complaint charged that the defendants, on, etc., at, etc., "in a certain public place⟳, to wit, in a certain school-house in which a singing-school was then and there being held, did make⟳ a great brawl and tumult, and stamped their feet on the floor, hissed, used loud and saucy language, and were guilty of rude, indecent, and disorderly conduct."”

“It has been reported that an entertainment took place⟳ not long ago in a certain "hot spot" in New York City, and it has been charged that members of the Federal Communications Commission were present⟳; that they got into a drunken brawl; and in the brawl some woman was hurt⟳, her arm twisted.”

“Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; [...]”

“Boy. Maiſter, will you win⟳ your loue with a french braule? / Brag[gart]. How meaneſt thou? brawling in French. / Boy. No my complet Maiſter, but to Iigge off a tune⟳ at the tongues ende, canarie to it with your feete, humour it with turning vp your eylids, ſigh a note⟳ and ſing a note⟳ ſomtime through the throate, if you ſwallowed loue with ſinging loue [...]”

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