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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bully-boy (A). A jolly companion, a "brick." (German, buhle, a lover; buhler, a gallant.) "We be three poor mariners Newly come from the seas, We spend our lives in jeopardy, While others live at ease; Shall we go dance the round, the round, Shall we go dance the round? And he that is a bully boy Come pledge me on this ground." Deuteromelia. (1609.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Darling fascist bully-boy Give me some more money You bastard May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman Neil. (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall) | |
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| "BULLY-BOY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "BULLY-BOY" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 80% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (singular) | 20% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bullyboy. | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-l-l-o-u-y-y" | |
-3 letters: bully, lobby. | |
-4 letters: blob, blub, boll, bubo, bulb, bull, buoy. | |
-5 letters: bob, boy, bub, buy, lob, yob, you. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-l-l-o-u-y-y" | |
+1 letter: bullyboys. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 4C 4C 59 2D 42 4F 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01001100 01001100 01011001 00101101 01000010 01001111 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U L L Y - B O Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 004C 004C 0059 002D 0042 004F 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365546465915364959 |
| 1. Usage: Modern 2. Usage Frequency 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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