† bully huffn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.¹, huff n.

Etymology: < bully n.¹ + huff n.

cant. Obsolete.

1. A man given to or characterized by riotous, thuggish, and threatening behaviour; one who behaves in a blustering, swaggering, and aggressive manner; a braggart, a hector (Hector n. 2). Cf. bully n.¹ 3, huff n. 4.

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1673 R. Head Floating Island 14 The Christian and Barbarian Amazons, who in the Summer time constantly repair thither, to meet with their Bully-Huffs and Hectors to generate withall.

1680 C. Cotton in G. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 334 They will rarely adventure on the attempt, unless they are backed with some bully-huffs.

1714 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 3) I. viii. xii. 14 Because they love like Bully Huff, To Things decide by Kick and Cuff.

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Cacafuego, a sh-te-fire, a furious braggadocio or bully huff.

1825 R. Revel Winter Evening Pastimes 183 Bully Huff, a man of pluck and military buck, Fain would take some lady under his protection.

2. spec. A man who poses as a prostitute's husband in order to threaten her client and defraud him of his money (see quot.).

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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bully-huff, a poor sorry Rogue that haunts Bawdy-houses, and pretends to get Money out of Gentlemen and others, Ratling and Swearing the Whore is his Wife, calling to his assistance a parcel of Hectors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	bully huff
释义	† bully huffn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.¹, huff n. Etymology: < bully n.¹ + huff n. cant. Obsolete. 1. A man given to or characterized by riotous, thuggish, and threatening behaviour; one who behaves in a blustering, swaggering, and aggressive manner; a braggart, a hector (Hector n. 2). Cf. bully n.¹ 3, huff n. 4. ΚΠ 1673 R. Head Floating Island 14 The Christian and Barbarian Amazons, who in the Summer time constantly repair thither, to meet with their Bully-Huffs and Hectors to generate withall. 1680 C. Cotton in G. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 334 They will rarely adventure on the attempt, unless they are backed with some bully-huffs. 1714 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus (ed. 3) I. viii. xii. 14 Because they love like Bully Huff, To Things decide by Kick and Cuff. 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Cacafuego, a sh-te-fire, a furious braggadocio or bully huff. 1825 R. Revel Winter Evening Pastimes 183 Bully Huff, a man of pluck and military buck, Fain would take some lady under his protection. 2. spec. A man who poses as a prostitute's husband in order to threaten her client and defraud him of his money (see quot.). ΚΠ 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Bully-huff, a poor sorry Rogue that haunts Bawdy-houses, and pretends to get Money out of Gentlemen and others, Ratling and Swearing the Whore is his Wife, calling to his assistance a parcel of Hectors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1673
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