noun
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Origin of bullocky
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To world-famed Mayo Clinic went bullocky Baseballer Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, benched since early last month, to find out what ails his once-powerful legs.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Work, work, work, all asame bullocky," as he put it, rasped on his feelings.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
But the bullocky eyed me curiously, all the same, and I instantly made up my mind to part company with him at the earliest convenient moment.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)
Paul, responding to the expressions of goodwill and the inspiration of being on opal, put all his childish and bullocky energy into working with Michael and Potch.
From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah
The party had been increased by Jimmy Nowlett, the bullocky, who had just arrived with a load of fencing wire and provisions for Middleton.
From On the Track by Lawson, Henry
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