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Bullying Chowne, Parson Stoyle terrorizes parish; kidnaps children. [Br. Lit.: The Maid of Sker, Walsh Modern, 94–95] bully; becomes thief in Fagin’s gang. [Br. Lit.: Oliver Twist] he picks on feeble-minded Lennie. [Am. Lit.: Of Mice and Men] unconscionably impudent and overbearing coward. [Br. Lit.: Flashman; Tom Brown’s Schooldays] street gang member (early 1600s). [Br. Hist.: Espy, 40] crude humor, animal maleness. [Am. Lit.: A Streetcar Named Desire] forbidden to practice dentistry, he becomes mean and surly. [Am. Lit.: McTeague] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But as to frightening or bullying, or even wheedling some sort of answer out of Mr. "My good fellow," he said, "you have made yourself a notorious person in this country by dint of incessant bullying and bribing and corruption of every sort. Worse, a myriad times, he decided, were these bullying lawyers and this bullying judge then the bucko mates in first quality hell-ships, who not only did their own bullying but protected themselves as well. |
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