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Definition of Bolshie

1. Noun. Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.

Definition of Bolshie

1. Noun. (context: derogatory Britain dated) A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader. ¹

2. Adjective. Difficult or rebellious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bolshie

1. a Bolshevik [n -S] - See also: Bolshevik

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolshie

Literary usage of Bolshie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"A military victory of some importance was the driving of the Bolsheviki from the village of bolshie Ozerki, rendered untenable by the allied fire. ..."

2. After the War: London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Prague, Vienna, Budapest by Charles à Court Repington (1922)
"But generally Gorski thinks that ten Roumanian divisions can take on the thirty-two bolshie divisions of the Kiev Command and the Reserve. ..."

3. Heroes All!: A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the by Harry R Stringer (1919)
"PHILLIPS, CLIFFORD F. First Lieutenant Deceased. Company H. 339th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near bolshie ..."

4. Full Up and Fed Up: The Worker's Mind in Crowded Britain by Whiting Williams (1921)
"If only some of the bolshie agitators here could see what I seen! "Get out? Well, we couldn't stay there and die, could we? A big Swede—more than six feet ..."

5. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1889)
"Vinogradoff, of bolshie,^, records a case of a peasant boy of seven who was without any penis, although the scrotum and testicles were normal. ..."

6. To Kiel in the "Hercules" by Lewis Ransome Freeman (1919)
""You can't tell me that's a 'bolshie' yell," observed the American officer decisively. "Nothing but Yanks or Tommies could cough up a roar like that, ..."

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