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• n  disorderly fighting
• s  characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
  a rough-and-tumble fight
  rough-and-tumble politics

• Tokyo Joe built his investing reputation post by boastful post on the rough-and-tumble public discussions of the Silicon Investor (www.
• Chalmers, a former municipal worker with a full beard and sad eyes who admits having been a drug addict, has just been plucked off rough-and-tumble Whitelock Street in the .
• It's an impressive resume for a kid raised in the rough-and-tumble barrios outside San Juan.

• hassle
• scuffle
• tussle
• dogfight
• bare-knuckle
• bare-knuckled

News & Articles

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• Historical Proof: The Congressional Baseball Game Is the Most Intense Contest in All of Sport
  There's no crying in congressional baseball. It's a rough-and-tumble game, which requires our legislative leaders to wake up for 6 a.m. practices at school yards, scout freshmen upon their arrival to D.C., and play past-their-prime in front of hundreds of onlookers.
  June 13, 2013 - National Journal via Yahoo! News
• Dwyer: A tribute to one of a kind – Argeo Paul Cellucci
  What is remarkable about this story, is that there are thousands like it. In the 1980’s culture of looking out only for yourself, Paul Cellucci took the time to be kind to a young woman who found herself transplanted from sleepy Michigan to the rough-and-tumble world of the Massachusetts political arena.
  June 13, 2013 - Hudson Sun
• Deputy CIA Director Morell to retire to ‘spend more time with family’
  Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, in a surprise announcement on Wednesday, confirmed that after 33 years of service, including two stints as acting director, he will retire to "spend more time with family." To head off speculation regarding that familiar Washington excuse for exiting office, Morell added, "Whenever someone involved in the rough-and-tumble of Washington [...]
  June 12, 2013 - The Ticket via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Robert Novak in FOXNews
  There are mad bloggers who profess to take delight in my distress, but there's no need to pay them attention in the face of such an outpouring of goodwill for me,Novak wrote. "I had thought 51 years of rough-and-tumble journalism in...