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bullyboy

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bul·ly·boy  (bl-boi)
n.
1. An aggressive or pugnacious fellow; a tough.
2. A hired thug; a goon.

bullyboy [ˈbʊlɪˌbɔɪ]
n
a.  a ruffian or tough, esp a hired one
b.  (as modifier) bullyboy tactics
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo, tough - a cruel and brutal fellow


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Among those gathered are Florence and Harald--Eurasian "twins," perhaps forty inches tall--and a gruff, boxy man named Zendol, who emerges as a bullyboy in the fascist Ordre Nouveau, "a dangerous lunatic.
Conservatives have slipped--partly under the influence of the bullyboy rhetoric of the neocons--into a lazy contempt for diplomacy, allies and multilateral institutions.
If it succeeded at this strong-arming, Washington would demonstrate that the Security Council has no effective power to stand up to the bullyboy on the block.
 
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