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Meanings of bolshy in английском

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

Obstreperous.

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Examples for "stroppy"
Examples for "stroppy"
1
All he is missing is the crooked tie and a stroppy scowl.
The Irish Times
2
Water loading will make even the most Zen competitive eaters a bit stroppy.
News.com.au
3
I preferred him before, when he was a stroppy loser … not really.
The Guardian
4
It isn't clear from his stroppy behaviour so far that Rooney understands the difference.
The Guardian
5
When Bill Wyman left, in 1991, I got extremely stroppy.
Life
Usage of bolshy in английском
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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
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They were, in fact, Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth who -although both bolshy when young -were just doing what nature poets do.
The Guardian
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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
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"It's the bolshy," the creature said to nobody in particular.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Frequent collocations
Bolshy through the time