roaring boy

  • 1Roaring 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 …

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  • 2roaring 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… …

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  • 3roaring boy — noun Date: circa 1590 a noisy street bully especially of Elizabethan and Jacobean England who intimidated passersby …

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  • 4Roaring — 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 …

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  • 5Roaring 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 …

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  • 6roaring lad — noun see roaring boy …

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  • 7Roaring Jack — is an Australian Celtic punk/Folk punk band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band formed in 1985 and played their first shows in Sydney in 1986. Original members were Alistair Hulett (acoustic guitar and vocals), Dave Williams (bass), Steve Thompson… …

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  • 8Roaring Days — Infobox Album | Name = Roaring Days Type = Album Artist = Weddings Parties Anything Released = 1988 Recorded = Genre = Rock / Folk rock Length = Label = WEA Records Producer = Alan Thorne Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …

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  • 9The Roaring Girl — is a Jacobean stage play, a comedy written by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker ca. 1607 10.The play was first published in quarto in 1611, printed by Nicholas Okes for the bookseller Thomas Archer. The title page of the first edition states… …

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  • 10circling boy — noun see roaring boy …

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