bolshi
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of bolshie.
adj
Alternative form of bolshie.
Example Sentences
- "In his conversation with Ribentrop that took place at the beginning of April, 1943 in Hitler's headquarters, the King said from the Bulgarian Jews "he wanted deported only an in significant number who were communists and bolshis."
- "We were unaware at the time that the rest of Australia regarded it as a dirty, ugly industrial city inhabited by a lot of 'bolshis' who'd go on strike at the drop of a hat."
- "Old drunk Yeltsin and all the 'apparatus' behind him are still the old 'bolshis,' only now masquerading to be something else."
- "For some a 'bolshi' attitude towards authority was extended to a generalised 'they', usually meaning their bosses but also official bodies."
- "So you've got bolshi in your old age, have you? You always were difficult."
- "Olga was getting rather bolshi herself."