Irish confetti

Irish confetti
The throwing of one or more bricks during a fight.

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  • irish confetti — n stones, rocks and other debris thrown during riots and demonstrations ► The Irish confetti was dancing off up raised shields and bouncing and rico cheting all around in the courtyard. (P. J. O Rourke, Holidays in Hell, 1988) …   Contemporary slang

  • Irish confetti — noun Date: 1913 a rock or brick used as a missile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Irish confetti — bricks; thrown bricks used in street fighting …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • irish confetti — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: so called from the tradition that Irishmen often throw bricks in a fight : a rock, brick, or fragment of rock or brick …   Useful english dictionary

  • Belfast Confetti — is a poem about the aftermath of a IRA bomb by Irish poet and translator Ciaran Carson. The poem won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Poetry. The name of the poem derives from the nickname for the screws, bolts, and nails that were… …   Wikipedia

  • George L. Cobb — Nom George Linus Cobb Naissance 31 mai 1886 Mexico, New York Pays d’origine …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bolt — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Irish confetti, Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, abscond, absence without leave, absquatulate, absquatulation, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, arrow, arrowhead, articulate, assort, attach, backsliding, bale …   Moby Thesaurus

  • boomerang — Synonyms and related words: Irish confetti, backfire, backlash, backlashing, bola, bolt, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, brickbat, cannon, cannon off, carom, comeback, contrecoup, counter, counterblast, counterblow, countermissile,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • brickbat — Synonyms and related words: Irish confetti, affront, aspersion, atrocity, bola, bolt, boomerang, contempt, contumely, countermissile, cut, despite, dump, enormity, flout, flouting, gibe, humiliation, indignity, injury, insult, jeer, jeering,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • missile — Synonyms and related words: AA target rocket, ABM, ASM, ATS, Asp, Asroc, Atlas, Atlas Agena, Atlas Centaur, Bullpup, Cajun, Corporal, Corvus, Crossbow, Dart, Deacon, Delta, Diamant, Dove, Falcon, Firebee, Genie, Hawk, Holy Moses, Hound Dog, ICBM …   Moby Thesaurus

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