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bullyboy

[ bool-ee-boi ]

noun

  1. a ruffian or hired hoodlum, especially one working for or associated with a political group.


bullyboy

/ ˈʊɪˌɔɪ /

noun

    1. a ruffian or tough, esp a hired one
    2. ( as modifier )

      bullyboy tactics

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of bullyboy1

First recorded in 1600–10; bully 1 + boy
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The irony is that Trump’s bullyboy approach has already backfired.

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In an op-ed, Collins responded that he would not be cowed by Banks’s “bullyboy tactics.”

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About a week ago, after our bullyboy president maligned a federal judge who had ruled against him as an “Obama judge,” Chief Justice John Roberts took the highly unusual step of issuing a public rebuke.

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Likewise, there is also now a place in the Republican party for bullyboy politics and Jew-baiting too, even with Ivanka and Jared around.

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Russia as a Middle East bullyboy has been a nuisance for the United States.

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