bulldoggedadj.
/ˈbʊldɒɡd/ Characteristic of or like that of a bulldog.
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bulldogged1904
1904 Daily Chron. 4 Jan. 9/1 The face has become pushed back, or ‘bull-dogged’.
1921 J. Galsworthy To Let iii. ii. xi All that was bull-dogged in Soames stared for a moment out of his grey eyes.
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adj.1904- to break for tall timber
- to break for the tall timber
- to break forth
- to break from
- to break ground
- to break her foil
- to break her sheer
- to break herd
- to break in
- to break in(to fitters
- to bumble along
- to bump along the bottom
- to bump and bore
- to bump into
- to bump nasties
- to bump off
- to bump pussies
- to bump uglies
- to bump up
- to bung up the eyes
- to bunk down
- to bunk it
- to burden out
- to burn a bowl
- to burn a building down