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 Bulling the BarrelBully. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bullion
 
properly means the mint where bolla, little round coins, are made. Subsequently the metal in the mint.   1
 


 Bulling the BarrelBully. 

 
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