[Lexicog] Pejorative suffixes (more-ish)

[John Roberts]

Nick Miller wrote:

> On the subject of bully, where does "bully" in ice hockey originally come
> from?

This is "bully"3 in NODE and it says: ORIGIN late 19th cent. (originally
denoting a scrum in Eton football): of unknown origin.

John Roberts




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