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

One of the first things a detective has to do is to surprise his man, and then immediately begin to bullyrag and overbear him; pretend that all is known, that the game is up.

From The Voice in the Fog by MacGrath, Harold

Then we watched them go and bullyrag Jake; because we was pretty uneasy for him.

From Tom Sawyer, Detective by Twain, Mark

Then you hector and bullyrag us on the stairs," said Stalky, "about matters that are your business entirely.

From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard

Say," he grumbled, "what call has that big lobster to bullyrag this crowd the way he's been doin'?

From The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility by Robertson, Morgan