Definition of Bullyboy

1. Noun. A swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction.

Generic synonyms: Bully, Hooligan, Roughneck, Rowdy, Ruffian, Tough, Yob, Yobbo, Yobo

Definition of Bullyboy

1. Noun. (alternative form of bully boy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bullyboy

1. a ruffian [n -BOYS] - See also: ruffian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullyboy

bullwhipped
bullwhipping
bullwhips
bullwort
bully-boy
bully beef
bully boy
bully boys
bully off
bully pulpit
bully pulpits
bully tree
bully trees
bullyable
bullyboy (current term)
bullyboys
bullycide
bullycides
bullying
bullyingly
bullyings
bullyism
bullyisms
bullylike
bullyrag
bullyragged
bullyragging
bullyrags
bulrush

Literary usage of Bullyboy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Book of Elizabethan Lyrics by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1895)
"bullyboy. A jolly fellow; cf. MN £1., iii, I, 8: "What sayst thou, bully Bottom ?" 150 6. Noises. Disturbances making for notoriety. 151. ..."

2. Richard Croker by Alfred Henry Lewis (1901)
"... and, remarking on the steep suddenness of Johnson's appearance in his new r61e of a roystering, watch-beating bullyboy, said: " I see how it will be. ..."

3. The Sea's Anthology: From the Earliest Times Down to the Middle of the by John Edward Patterson (1913)
"And hee that is a bullyboy 1 Come pledge mee on this grounde ! Wee care not for those martial men That doe oure states 2 disdain ; But we care for the ..."

4. The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society. Vol. 1 by Dublin Irish Archaeological Society (1846)
"King's County was made shire ground, bullyboy became the head of a barony which retains its name to this day. ..."

5. The Class Book of American Literature: Consisting Principally of Selections (1826)
"Jack, on the contrary, was a bullyboy out of doors, but a sad laggard at his books. Slingsby helped Jack therefore to all his lessons, and Jack fought all ..."

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