Crossword clues for bullies
bullies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bully \Bul"ly\ (b[.u]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. Bullies (b[u^]l"l[i^]z). [Cf. LG. bullerjaan, bullerb["a]k, bullerbrook, a blusterer, D. bulderaar a bluster, bulderen to bluster; prob. of imitative origin; or cf. MHG. buole lover, G. buhle.]
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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous, who threatens, intimidates, or badgers people who are smaller or weaker than he is; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Bullies seldom execute the threats they deal in.
--Palmerston. A brisk, dashing fellow. [Slang Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (bully English) vb. (en-third-person singularbully)
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "bullies".
He has been out among the bullies and the bosses, and in his mind, if the yeomen have decent clothing and even sandals instead of wads of rags, they are no doubt using money that could be spent on a new suit of armor.
Now they proved their worth, surrounding the bullies, catching the reins of their rearing warhorses and pulling their heads down, then hauling their masters off their backs.
It was just the way it was, just the way it had always been, just as the men who commanded the mercenary armies were "captains," not "bullies," and the men who ruled a whole district with its dozen or so bullies were called "bosses.
We've both seen comrades fall all around us, but nowhere nearly so many as if we'd stayed home and fought for our bullies.
But they found out quickly enough that some bullies were stronger than others, and could beat them all one by one if they didn't do as they were told-bigger thugs who put together armies of bullies, each of whom had his own band of bruisers, and that's how the bosses came to be.
I told you that the bullies took what they wanted instead of working to raise crops, weave cloth, or build houses.
Well, the bosses made the bullies gather the food and cloth for them, and the bullies, not to be outdone, appointed their best bruisers to collect the goods, and not just enough for the bosses, of course, but for themselves, too.
When the bullies came marching to conquer us, our ancestors poured boiling water on them from the battlements, and wherever they broke through the wall or climbed over it, our ancestors made short work of their boots.
One after another, the bullies advanced against us, then retired in consternation, for bullies won't stay chewing at a target that costs them too much in men or weapons.
Word got out, the idea caught on, and other bullies started fighting it out to see who could become boss.
When they began to hear rumors of bullies riding forth to conquer, they and their advanced students taught the arts martial to all the people.
Thus our ancestors studied war, and when the bullies came, they fought them off.
True, there were dead, but there would have been even if the people had bowed in submission to the bullies without a fight-that they had learned from the news about other villages.
Many squires gathered the best of their fighters into a standing army, then used them to enslave their own people, becoming bullies.
The neighboring bullies would attack her in an instant, and if she proved unable to lead her boots in battle, she would be captured and made to serve her conqueror.