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† bulchin Obs. or dial. Also 4 bulchyn, 6–8 bulching. [Variant of bulkin; cf. bulch n.2] 1. A bull-calf.
1330R. Brunne Chron. 174 For ten mark men sold a litille bulchyn. 1573Tusser Husb. xxxiii. (1878) 74 Lamb, bulchin, and pig, geld vnder the big. 1637Heywood Jup. & Io Wks. 1874 VI. 272 Wouldst thou not haue some Bulchin from the herd? 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. I, Bulching, a word used in some Counties for a Calf. 2. Used as a term of contempt or reproach.
1617Middleton & Rowley Fair Quarr. iv. iv, The bulchins will use the Irish captain with respect. 1638Ford Fancies iii. iii, Roguery, brokage and roguery, or call me bulchin. 3. Used as a term of endearment.
1633Shirley Gamester iv. i, How is't, Bulchins? Would you had been with us. 1690B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Bulchim, a Chubbingly Boy or Lad. 1725New Cant. Dict. |