Green’s Dictionary of Slang

arrogant, domineering.

1861

(con. 1840s–50s) H. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor I 423/2: It’s chiefly the bounciful patter, the cheek, they have, that gets the Crocusses on. [...] If the Crocus I have mentioned see this in the paper [...] won’t he come out bouncefull? He’ll say, ‘Why am I thus attacked [...] ? Who made this report? let him come forward, and I’ll refute him face to face.’.