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Robustious   Listen
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Robustious  adj.  Robust. (Obs. or Humorous) "In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more robustious manner."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Robustious" Quotes from Famous Books



... Commons. His voice is thin and feeble, and his arguments, somehow or other, always appear wire-drawn. And then the House of Commons is a place, above all others, where physical qualities go largely towards making success or failure. A robustious voice and manner are the very first essentials of Parliamentary success; and no man who is not gifted with these things has really much right to try Parliamentary life. However, Sir John Lubbock was not strong enough to withstand the temptation ...
— Sketches In The House (1893) • T. P. O'Connor



Words linked to "Robustious" :   rambunctious, unruly, rumbustious



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