2. Verb. (third-person singular of bully) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bullies
1. bully [v] - See also: bully
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullies
Literary usage of Bullies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"He'll make you wish you was dead and buried, Blow, bullies, blow ; He'll make
you wish you ... He'll ride you down like you ride the spanker, Blow, bullies, ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"Row, bullies, row 1 Why do you love that good, old bottle ? Row, bullies, row !
... I love it 'cause it suits my throttle I Row, my bullies, row ! ..."
3. The Sea's Anthology: From the Earliest Times Down to the Middle of the by John Edward Patterson (1913)
"THERE'S a Black 'Ball ship coming down the river— Blow, bullies, blow! ...
Blow, bullies, blow! And who d'ye think is the captain of her? ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... If. Region of the Crow Indians—A Crow Camp—Presents to the Crow Chief—Crow
bullies—Rose among his Indian Friends — Parting with the Crows ..."
5. Facts and Falsehoods Concerning the War on the South, 1861-1865 by Elizabeth Avery] [Meriwether (1904)
"Washburn bullies Lincoln. A United States Senator bullies Mr. Lincoln. Senator Wade
Storms at Him. Hale in the Senate Assails Him. Rev. ..."
6. Evenings at Home; Or, The Juvenile Budget Opened: Consisting of a Variety of by John Aikin, Barbauld (Anna Letitia) (1819)
"THE bullies. As YOUNG Francis was walking through a village with his tutor, they
were annoyed by two or three cur dogs, that came running after them ..."
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