Plural form of donnybrook; multiple instances of wild, chaotic fights or brawls.
Plural of donnybrook, from the same Irish origin of Donnybrook Fair near Dublin, which was infamous for violent and disorderly conduct throughout its 650-year history.
When a word becomes so useful for describing chaos, people naturally want the plural form—because apparently one donnybrook isn't always enough to describe historical mayhem!
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