A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women. To look like bull beef, or as bluff as bull beef; to look fierce or surly. Town bull, a great whore-master.BULL A crown piece. A half bull; half a crown.
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Meaning of BULL in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012