rowdy

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

No English definition recorded for this entry.

Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯di/ / [ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi] / /ˈɹæɔ̯di/

Etymology: Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.

Etymology: Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.

A boisterous person; a brawler.
“Carpenter recruited his gang at the saloon, rowdies all. They slept the day, drank well into the evening, and then set off for their pastime.”
money; ready money.
“I don’t know whether I quite approve of your throwing over Mr. P. for Mr. F., and don’t think Foker’s such a pretty name, and from your account of him he seems a muff, and not a beauty. But he has got the rowdy, which is the thing.”
“"Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal. "I have no money — none — save a few guineas; there — there — in my pocket […]”