ballarag

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English

Etymology

Corrupted from bullirag.

Verb

ballarag (third-person singular simple present ballarags, present participle ballaragging, simple past and past participle ballaragged)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To bully; to threaten or push around.
    • 1867, Admiral W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book:
      T. Warton of the French king— “You surely thought to ballarag us with your fine squadron off Cape Lagos.”

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