Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rowdies"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rowdy \Row"dy\, n.; pl. {Rowdies}. [From {Rout}, or Row a
brawl.]
One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly
fellow. --M. Arnold.
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