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Meanings of bolshy in English

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.

        Obstreperous.

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              Usage of bolshy in English
              1
              People thought they were either surly or bolshy, or a combination of the two.
              The Guardian
              2
              Edgy, bolshy and notoriously prickly to interview, Warpaint like to live up to their name.
              The Guardian
              3
              All the bolshy talk about "the top end of town" simply never rang true.
              News.com.au
              4
              So naturally I chose to support their arch-rivals Liverpool when I was a bolshy, stubborn seven-year-old.
              Radio NZ
              5
              It was pretty bolshy at the moment.
              Career of Evil
              6
              They were, in fact, Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth who -although both bolshy when young -were just doing what nature poets do.
              The Guardian
              7
              They call 'em 'Bolshies,' whatever that means.
              The Man in the Twilight
              8
              Echo the whiskered Bolshy's lines
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 5, 1919
              9
              "It's the bolshy," the creature said to nobody in particular.
              The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
              Frequent collocations
              Bolshy through the time