Bol|shy

Bol|shy
Bol|shie or Bol|shy «BOHL shee, BOL-», noun, plural -shies, adjective. Slang.
–n.
a Bolshevik.
–adj.
1. = Bolshevik: (Cf.Bolshevik) »

“Fellow workers” is too Bolshy a term these days (John Ciardi).

2. British. Often, bolshie or bolshy. Figurative. rebellious; rowdy: »

There was a long-haired, and some people thought bolshy youth…who suddenly asked me what I thought the most important thing in life was (Christopher Layton).


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