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But would a Bushie really tout Mr. Clinton’s “strong record” to Mr. Clinton?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2015
We thought she was a Bushie," says one official, "but the real problem is that no one liked her.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was always 'Hey, Bushie, the gang here thinks you ought to do thus and such -- but only if it conforms to your own thinking.'
From Time Magazine Archive
Bush's wife Laura stopped following a while ago, but her husband yells out anyway, "Be careful, Bushie."
From Time Magazine Archive
But hain't hardly said it when, "Burl, Burl!" ses Bushie; "Bow-wow," ses Grumbo; and "w-h-izz," ses a tommyhawk, grazin' my nose an' stickin' itse'f in a tree by my side.
From Burl by Heady, Morrison
“He was very well respected because he was a real bushie, he was a hard worker, he said what he thought and he was honest and loyal,” Tarlinton says.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2020
Of course, camping with a bunch of other people is quite a novel experience for this old bushie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Number three is a fox, rudely cut out of flat metal, with a "ryghte bushie tayle," fixed on a house gable overlooking the street.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
The recruiting-officer in Brisbane was not surprised to see a weather-beaten old "bushie" walk into the depot, for there were many such seeking to join the young lads in "this ding-dong scrap."
From "Over There" with the Australians by Knyvett, R. Hugh (Reginald Hugh)
A Paradoxe, proving by reason and example, that baldnesse is much better than bushie haire, &c.
From Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849 by Various
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