Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballyragged
Literary usage of Ballyragged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1838)
"I'll answer nottin' I don't like," she replied ; an' I'll not be ballyragged by
any one—not even by you, Misther John ; an' what's more, I'll lave the ..."
2. The Scientific Writings of the Late George Francis Fitzgerald by George Francis Fitzgerald, Sir Joseph Larmor (1902)
"... be allowed to work out their discoveries, instead of requiring to be solicited
and ballyragged by the inventor into an unwilling permission to try them. ..."
3. A History of Winchester College by Arthur Francis Leach (1899)
"After tea in winter we read or " ballyragged " in Hall (which meant " mugging-hall,"
as it was called in Commoners, "toy-room," or more commonly, ..."
4. The History of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, Second by Daniel George Macnamara (1899)
"The way the soldiers in the mob that surrounded these carriages " ballyragged "
and bamboozled the occupants was, ..."
5. School Boy Life in England: An American View by John Corbin (1897)
"... and, on the other, burly old boys maintained that it is a good thing to be
ballyragged now and then, or to have your bare calves toasted before a fire. ..."
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