单词 | bully-back |
释义 | † bully-backn. Obsolete. A bully (bully n.1 II.) who acts in support of or protects another person; a bodyguard, a hired thug; (in early use) esp. one working in a brothel. Cf. bully hack n. ΚΠ 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour ii. 12 Sir Jo. He's as brave a Fellow as Cannibal, are not you Bully-Back? Sharp. Hannibal I believe you mean Sir Joseph. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xxxiii. 179 They have spiritual bravoes on their side, and old lecherous bully-backs to revenge their cause. 1772 T. Bridges & F. Grose Burlesque Tr. Homer 265 The bully-back of Troy Stretch'd out his arms to take the boy. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. xii. 278 Hold your peace, dear Dick, best of bully-backs, be silent. 1846 Dublin Evening Post 25 Apr. The only way in which his object may be achieved by a place-hunter, or by his bully-back at the press, is to kick the powers that be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). † bully-backv. Obsolete. transitive. To support (a person) in the manner of a bully-back (bully-back n.). ΚΠ 1711 J. Dennis Refl. Ess. Crit. 30 Supported, and Bully-back'd by that blind Hector Impudence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1693v.1711 |
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