bullyboy

Other forms: bullyboys

Definitions of bullyboy
  1. noun
    a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
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    type of:
    bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo
    a cruel and brutal fellow
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