bragging
Example Sentences
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Well, she hunted about everywhere, ballyragging Jack by side and by seam, Jack lying a'most stifled inside the churn, and the poor maid—or young woman rather—standing at the door crying her eyes out.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
They set to work, and by dint of much discussing, disagreeing, ballyragging and bulldozing each other, they did make a fair start.
From The Come Back by Wells, Carolyn
I wouldn't have had an archbishop ballyragging me and ordering me about.
From Plays of Near & Far by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron
You get a chap like Norris, who, when he loses his hair, has got just about as much tact as a rhinoceros, going and ballyragging the man, and no wonder he won't say anything.
From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
Lady Bellingdown, coming forward in the hall to meet them, overheard: "Is he ballyragging you again, dear?" she asked, while Nina lifted her veil for the impending greeting.
From The Tigress by Warner, Anne