rowdy | Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

Rowdy
·noun One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
rowdy
adj. troublesome. Common slang,but unusual as applied to a bullock or a horse. 1872. C. H. Eden, `...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris