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  • I hate arguing with archdeacons; but of course we can't have Lalage put into a witness box and ballyragged by archbishops and people of that kind, and she'd be the only available witness.

    Lalage's Lovers George A. Birmingham 1907

  • I begin to sympathize with the boss, because I know what he felt when I ballyragged him for copy.

    The Gentleman from Indiana Booth Tarkington 1907

  • He said afterwards that it was a bit too thick on poor old Leonora to be ballyragged any more.

    The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford 1906

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