subs. (old colloquial).—A rude boisterous person. [JOHNSON (1745) ‘a low word.’] Cf. SNEAKSBY, IDLESBIE, WIGSBY, &c.

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  1593.  SHAKESPEARE, Taming of the Shrew, iii. 2.

        A mad-brain RUDESBY, full of spleen.
    Ibid. (1602), Twelfth Night, iv. 1.
Be not offended, dear Cesario.
RUDESBY, be gone!

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