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