ballyrag
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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I'd advise you to get a double ditch about your nose," replied Thady, "before you begin to say anything disrespectful aginst my father.—Don't think to ballyrag over me.
From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
I hope this will be a lesson to you, Doyle, and will teach you not to ballyrag your customers in future.
From General John Regan by Birmingham, George A.
Only don't think I want to ballyrag about the money.
From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony
I did; but as he seen me coming out of the other place, he only ballyragged me, and said, 'We only discount for them as has letters of credit on us.'
From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James
I begin to sympathize with the boss, because I know what he felt when I ballyragged him for copy.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth
He said afterwards that it was a bit too thick on poor old Leonora to be ballyragged any more.
From The Good Soldier by Ford, Ford Madox
I hate arguing with archdeacons; but of course we can't have Lalage put into a witness box and ballyragged by archbishops and people of that kind, and she'd be the only available witness.
From Lalage's Lovers by Birmingham, George A.
I wouldn't have had an archbishop ballyragging me and ordering me about.
From Plays of Near & Far by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron
Lady Bellingdown, coming forward in the hall to meet them, overheard: "Is he ballyragging you again, dear?" she asked, while Nina lifted her veil for the impending greeting.
From The Tigress by Warner, Anne
You get a chap like Norris, who, when he loses his hair, has got just about as much tact as a rhinoceros, going and ballyragging the man, and no wonder he won't say anything.
From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Well, she hunted about everywhere, ballyragging Jack by side and by seam, Jack lying a'most stifled inside the churn, and the poor maid—or young woman rather—standing at the door crying her eyes out.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
They set to work, and by dint of much discussing, disagreeing, ballyragging and bulldozing each other, they did make a fair start.
From The Come Back by Wells, Carolyn
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