water-bullies

Updated: June 30, 2025

"In the run of that celebrated tragedy," writes Chetwood, "he was accidently brought into a fray with some of our Tritons on the Thames; and, in the scuffle, a blow on the nose was given him by one of these water-bullies, who neither regard men or manners.

Edward Robins - The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield