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bullyrag, v. dial. or colloq.|ˈbʊlɪræg|
Also balrag, balla-, balli-, ballyrag |ˈbælɪræg|.
[Etymology unknown: connexion with bully n. or v. is unlikely, as forms with bal-, bally- are widely diffused in the dialects.]
a. To overawe, intimidate. Also, to scold, harass, badger. Hence bullyragging ppl. a.
b. To assail with abusive language.
a1790T. Warton Poet. Wks. (1802) II. 210 You vainly thought to ballarag us With your fine squadron off Cape Lagos. 1823Carlyle in Froude Life I. 203, I bullyrag the sluttish harlots of the place. 1864Atkinson Whitby Gloss., To Balrag or Bullyrag, to abuse ferociously with a foul tongue, to bully. 1869H. Kingsley Stretton II. 3 He asked..whether a fellow was to be bullyragged out of his very bed. 1879Spectator 14 June 757 Irish tenantry engaged in what may be called ballyragging their Member. 1888G. M. Hopkins Let. 30 Nov. (1938) 50, I am afraid this ballyragging will make you gloomy. 1889Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang s.v., To ballyrag a man [at Oxford] is to mob him and play practical jokes upon him, to hustle him. To ballyrág a man's rooms is to turn them upside down, to make ‘hay’ of them. 1935Wodehouse Blandings Castle vi. 148, I won't have her ballyragged. Understand that! 1958B. Hamilton Too Much of Water v. 121, I like Samson too... Don't be bullyragged out of it.
Hence bullyragging ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1820M. Wilmot Let. 5 Aug. (1935) 76 What a Ballyragging foulmouthed son of a gun art thou. 1863H. Kingsley A. Elliot I. 225 The pair on 'em should have the bullying and ballyragging of nine thousand a year. 1880Mrs. Parr Adam & E. xxi. 292 There'll be more set to the score o' my coaxin' than ever 'all be to Adam's bully-raggin'. |