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

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

But I did not come here to bullyrag like an old woman.

From Phineas Finn The Irish Member by Trollope, Anthony