They had an awful rumpus, and I think the Phantom threatened to get Mr. Gage some day.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
I hope I'll git thru by sloshin first one way and then tother, without havin a rumpus with enny of em, but ef I don't, 'sufficient to the day is the evil of it,' as the Scriptur ses.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
I'de rather have an ax than any other weepin, for I believe I could split the Southern Confederacy into rails in a week, and fence it in, if it were only fashionable to warfare in that manner; but you see, Majer, we've got to lick the rebils according to science, or John Bull and Looe Napoleon will kick up a rumpus.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith