Bore (in pugilistic language)

is one who bears or presses on a man so as to force him to the ropes of the ring by his physical weight; figuratively, one who bears or presses on you by his pertinacity.

All beggars are liable to rebuffs, with the certainty besides of being considered bores.”—Prince Albert, 1859.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Borak
Bord Halfpenny
Bordarii
Border (The)
Border Minstrel
Border States (The)
Bordlands
Bordlode
Bore (A)
Bore
Bore (in pugilistic language)
Boreal
Boreas
Borghese (Bor-ga-zy)
Borgia
Born
Born Days
Born in the Purple (a translation of porphyrogenitus)
Born with a Silver Spoon
Borough English
Borowe