donnybrook

noun /ˈdɒnɪbɹʊk/

1. A brawl or fracas; a scene of chaos.

   But the Hindus turned out and broke their heads; when, finding lawlessness pleasant, Hindus and Muhammadans together raised an aimless sort of Donnybrook just to see how far they could go.

Where it comes from

Named from Donnybrook Fair, a notoriously disorderly event, held annually from 1204 until the middle of the 19th century. The town of Donnybrook comes from the Irish Domhnach Broc (“The Church of Saint Broc”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry donnybrook (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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