adj. and adv. (common).—Brisk; successful; strong: see DRIVE, HUMMING, &c.

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  1831.  PLANCHÉ, Olympic Revels, 3. But what a ROARING trade I’m driving, burn me! But I can scarcely tell which way to turn me.

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  1837.  MARRYAT, Snarleyyow; or The Dog Fiend, xii.

        You’ve got a ROARING fire, I’ll bet,
  In it your toes are jammed,
Let’s give him a piece of our mind, my Bet,
  Port Admiral, you be d——d.

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  1883.  Referee, 20 May, 2, 4. Rain having kindly come to the rescue of managers on Whit-Monday, most theatres did a ROARING trade.

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