bullyrag
Example Sentences
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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
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I tried to bullyrag him into keeping on, but it was no go.
From Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) by Raine, William MacLeod
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 Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
He was a born boss, and loved to command, and to jaw and dispute with inferiors and harry them and bullyrag them.
From Following the Equator, Part 6 by Twain, Mark
On Sunday he allowed Mrs. Davis to bullyrag him into a tentative engagement.
From What's-His-Name by Fisher, Harrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.