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bolshie, bolshy [ˈbɒlʃi] ADJ <bolshier bolshiest> Brit inf

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I've always been fairly bolshy and opinionated about politics. www.thejournal.ie

I'm quite a bolshy person and normally wouldn't let this worry me but the guy came running at my car and threw a bottle. www.nzherald.co.nz

It's a kind of bare bones dance ballad, with bolshy pulses and simple-yet-sublime melodies. en.wikipedia.org

So why the bolshy bravado, and where does the inspiration come from? www.irishexaminer.com

His huge, bolshy presence on screen is so riveting, so dominant over the other actors, that every genuflection feels portentous no matter the subtleties of what it actually signifies. www.telegraph.co.uk

They spend their days out at sea looking for fish, even though there are few left (something to do with the deities giving bolshy human beings their come-uppance). www.telegraph.co.uk

It's the roar at the moment, so stroppy, bolshy stags are roaring at each other across the valley - and that was it. www.newstalkzb.co.nz

But even though it feels like they are the ones being bolshy, watch your own tone. www.mirror.co.uk

He was loud and a bit bolshy, but you never would have expected this to happen. www.dailymail.co.uk

This, even now you've pulled it off, seems a little bolshy! www.clashmusic.com

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