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bolshie

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bolshie or bolshy Brit & NZ informal
Adjective
1. difficult to manage; rebellious
2. politically radical or left-wing
Noun
pl -shies
any political radical [from Bolshevik]
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Noun1.bolshiebolshie - emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions

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Both men, you see, used tactics to spread their conservative ideas that were also used by Communists--in Kristol's case, such Bolshie trickery as "putting forth an endless series of journals, op-ed manifestos, position papers, public letters, and magazines.
 
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