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bolshie
bolshie
English
Noun
bolshie (plural bolshies)
- (derogatory, Britain, dated) A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.
Adjective
bolshie (comparative bolshier, superlative bolshiest)
- (Britain) Difficult or rebellious.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 16,
- Rachel came in, and Nick felt he'd been caught larking about, Catherine squashing him like some bolshie teenage attempt at seduction.
- Kate, don't be so bolshie!
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 16,