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In some senses, bolshie is marked as dated, derogatory, British, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
bolshie
/ˈbɒl.ʃi/
noun 1adj 1
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2ADJ.
teenage
VERB + BOLSHIE
don't, like
Definitions
noun
1
A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader.
adj
1
Difficult or rebellious.
Kate, don't be so bolshie!
It's quite possible that I and my pals were nasty bolshy little schoolboys who thoroughly deserved to be thrashed through the gorse bushes in the dead of the night[.]
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Kate, don't be so bolshie!
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It's quite possible that I and my pals were nasty bolshy little schoolboys who thoroughly deserved to be thrashed through the gorse bushes in the dead of the night[.]
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Rachel came in, and Nick felt he'd been caught larking about, Catherine squashing him like some bolshie teenage attempt at seduction.
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