Bullock
['bʊlək]
Definition
(n.) A young bull, or any male of the ox kind.
(n.) An ox, steer, or stag.
(v. t.) To bully.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Denotes that kind friends will surround you, if you are in danger from enemies. Good health is promised you. See Bull.
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Examples
- Fred Bullock would never allow her to do that. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Bullock to continue, for their joint benefit, the affairs of the commercial house, or to go out, as he thought fit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- So he forgave young Bullock and consented that the marriage should take place. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hulker and Bullock were a high family of the City aristocracy, and connected with the nobs at the West End. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was something for the old man to be able to say, My son, sir, of the house of Hulker, Bullock, and Co. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I expect YOU, dear, Mrs. Bullock would say, for of course my share of our Papa's property must go to the head of the house, you know. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am not praising her conduct or setting her up as a model for Miss Bullock to imitate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Oh, they were brave little beasts, these wild Scotch bullocks, wild and fleecy. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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