bullyrag
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of bullyrag
First recorded in 1780–90; earlier ballarag, of obscure origin
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Another leading citizen d'gs into the commodore's naval record, finds it a sorry mess, and tries to bullyrag the old boy out of town.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when she started to bullyrag you, it was all I could do—But it won't last long now.
From Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Do you remember how you used to bullyrag me about my coat and your bridge?
From The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad
Then you hector and bullyrag us on the stairs," said Stalky, "about matters that are your business entirely.
From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
“Wot d’yer mean by comin’ the barney over me and a-makin’ that codger of a kinstructor bullyrag me afore all the t’other chaps fur?”
From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene
The world pleaded, cajoled and bullyragged Nintendo into putting Mario on smartphones.
From Time ● Dec. 15, 2016
For his effrontery, Lindsay was exiled to the dismal Chicago Blackhawks in 1957, and thereafter bullyragged into early retirement.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 19, 2015
By 1936 he had bullyragged 200,000 Twin Citizens into signing up.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mother Seton fought priestly superiors who crossed her path, alternately teased and bullyragged her two sons.
From Time Magazine Archive
But before that he bullyragged me because I had found out that there were other keys knocking about the place that fitted the padlocks on the bullion-room door.
From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison
Sample causes: crusades against Governors, mudslinging matches with Senators, bullyragging attacks on advertisers, lavish parties for children, sick dogs and horses.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the eve of the Washington talks, the bullyragging and the bitter recriminations that had passed between the U.S. and Britain faded into an abashed mumble-grumble.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where General Johnson's bullyragging and President Roosevelt's patriotic pleas had failed, 30,000 determined coal miners in Pennsylvania scored a major success for NRA last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
In their work the age of the first three King Georges and the Regency appears unmatched in history for sheer beef-eating, blowzy, bullyragging license.
From Time Magazine Archive
After his money, I guess; next thing, unless you block his play, he'll be standing over poor old dad's bed, bullyragging him.
From Man to Man by Jackson Gregory
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