bolshiness
English
Noun
bolshiness (uncountable)
- (Britain) The state of being bolshie.
- 1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society, Westminster Press, p. 212,
- ‘Live as free men — but not (if St Peter will forgive a free translation) as a cover for bolshiness or bloody-mindedness.’
- 2009, Anna Nicholas, Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns, Chapter Eight,
- I reflect on how easily the building could fall victim to squatters and, in a moment of bolshiness, think it would serve the negligent owners jolly well right.
- 1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society, Westminster Press, p. 212,
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