† Draw can bullyn.
Obsolete. rare.
A boastful, swaggering, or indiscriminately violent or aggressive person; = Drawcansir n.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
flirdom?a1500
facerc1500
termagant1508
rutterkina1529
bellomy1535
bystour1535
roister1549
swash1549
rush-buckler1551
roisterkin1553
swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
whiffler1581
huff-snuff1582
swish-swash1582
fixnet1583
swag1588
swasher?1589
kill-cow1590
roister-doister1592
dagger1597
flaunting Fabian1598
tisty-tosty1598
huff-cap1600
swaggerer1600
burgullian1601
huff-muff1602
tear-cat1606
blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
wind-cutter1611
bilbo-lorda1625
tearer1633
cacafuegoa1640
bravado1643
Hector1655
scaramouch1662
swashado1663
huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
belswagger1680
valienton1681
blunderbuss1685
Draw can bully1698
bouncer1764
Bobadil1771
bounce1819
pistol1828
sacripant1829
hufty1847
bucko1883
1698 R. Ferguson View of Ecclesiastick in Socks & Buskins 89 Whosoever steps forth as a Draw can bully, to stab and murther Persons in their Credit and Reputation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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