15 January 2015

donnybrook

[don-ee-broo k]

noun, ( often initial capital letter)
1. an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.

Also called Donnybrook Fair.

Origin
1850-1855; after Donnybrook (Fair)

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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

Anagram

no bony dork

Today’s aphorism

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

– Marcus Aurelius

On this day

15 January – Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday in the United States of America, held on the third Monday in January, to celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King, a clergyman who promoted non-violent activism to achieve civil rights, particularly for African Americans.

15 January 1929 – birthday of Martin Luther King. American civil rights activist and clergyman. Died 4 April 1968.