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Definition of bolshie adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bolshie

adjective
 
/ˈbɒlʃi/
 
/ˈbəʊlʃi/
(also bolshy)
(British English, informal, disapproving)
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  1. (of a person) creating difficulties or arguments deliberately, and refusing to be helpful
    • She was in a bolshie mood.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: abbreviation of Bolshevik.
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