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BULLYBOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bullyboy mean?
• BULLYBOY (noun)
The noun BULLYBOY has 1 sense:
1. a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
Familiarity information: BULLYBOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("bullyboy" is a kind of...):
bully; hooligan; roughneck; rowdy; ruffian; tough; yob; yobbo; yobo (a cruel and brutal fellow)
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