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

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)

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

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

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

From Tom Sawyer, Detective by Twain, Mark