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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1904
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†BULLY, n.2 Comrade. Cf. Billy, n.1Sc. 1904 Bewick and Graham in Ballads (ed. Child) No. 211. xii.:
He said thou wast bad, and calld thee a lad, And bully to his son cannot be.