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

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

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

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

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

From Tom Sawyer, Detective by Twain, Mark