subs. (provincial).—A police constable.
1821. Edinburgh Magazine, August, p. 156. This enterprising ruffian boasts of his success in deceiving the BULKIES on a search, by concealing his stolen notes in the cape of his coat.
1841. BULWER-LYTTON, Night and Morning, V., ii. Inquiries about your respectability would soon bring the BULKIES about me.
1886. Graphic, 30 Jan., 130, 1. In the North a constable is, or was, known as a scufter and a BULKY.
Adj. (Winchester College).—1. Rich or generous, or both: the opposite of BRUM (q.v.).
2. (old: B. E.).—‘Strong like common Oyl, also of large bulk or size.’
