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单词 bully hack
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bully hackn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bully n.1, hackster n.
Etymology: Apparently < bully n.1 + hack- (in hackster n.). Compare bully-back n.; it is likely that the two terms influenced one another, although the precise nature or direction of any influence is unclear.
Obsolete.
A man given to or characterized by violent or threatening behaviour; spec. one who looks after a prostitute in return for a share or all of her earnings; a pimp. Cf. bully n.1 3, 4, hackster n. 1.
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1680 Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 147 Well said my Lad, (Quoth Bully Hack) With Whiskers stern.
1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. lxv. 194 I happen'd to be in company last night with Bully Hack—, some words past betwixt us, about Arabella, 'twas in such company, that I know I shall be stigmatiz'd for a Coward, if I don't challenge him.
1730 Some Authentick Mem. Life Col. Ch—s 30 His Grace was wondering how the Devil the Officers of the Army and Bully-Hacks of the Town did to run themselves headlong into Duels..upon every trifling Occasion.
?1753 Oxfordshire in Uproar 38 Both winking Will, and saucy Jack, With Glysterpipe their bully hack, Were summon'd to compleat the Pack.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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