bullyrag

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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

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

“Wot d’yer mean by comin’ the barney over me and a-makin’ that codger of a kinstructor bullyrag me afore all the t’other chaps fur?”

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.

“If you’re going to bullyrag me....” he began blusteringly, “I may as well tell you that I’m not going back to Paris till I please, and–––” “Very well,” said Micky.

From The Phantom Lover by Ayres, Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred)

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