ballyrag

But I did not come here to ballyrag like an old woman.

Phineas Finn 2004

I hope this will be a lesson to you, Doyle, and will teach you not to ballyrag your customers in future.

General John Regan George A. Birmingham 1907

But I did not come here to ballyrag like an old woman.

Phineas Finn 1867

Only don't think I want to ballyrag about the money.

Ralph the Heir Anthony Trollope 1848

[2] To _balrag_ is to abuse -- Mr. Lover makes it _ballyrag_, and he is high authority: but if I remember rightly, Curran in his national stories used to employ the word as above.

The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815

When handling with creditors and assemblage agencies don't permit them ballyrag you or position you over unpaid balances.

xml's Blinklist.com 2008

Faix, it's well come up wid the likes o 'you to ballyrag over me. "

Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831