1888, George Gissing, A Life's Morning, ch. 8:No refinement in him would now have surprised her; but neither would any outbreak of boorishness.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, ch. 21:From the first the Russian had exhibited every trait of his true character—selfishness, boorishness, arrogance, cowardice, and lust.
2009, "Nevermore With Jeffrey Combs As Edger Allan Poe Taps Every Emotion," Beverly Hills Courier, 31 July (retrieved 17 Aug. 2009):Unfortunately, there were moments of pure indulgence, drunken boorishness and rambling unintelligible poetry midway through the evening.
