BOLSHIE


Meaning of BOLSHIE in English

(also bolshy ) Brit. informal

■ adjective deliberately combative or uncooperative.

■ noun ( Bolshie ) dated a Bolshevik or socialist.

Derivatives

bolshiness noun

Origin

early 20th cent.: abbrev. of Bolshevik .

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