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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 factionplay

  Familiarity information: BULLYBOY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BULLYBOY (noun)


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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