bossy-boots n.
(usu. UK juv.) an officious, domineering person.
Cockney Dialect and Sl. 115: Unless you watch your step, they may brand you a know-all, bossy-boots, clever-britches. | ||
Heard it in the Playground (1991) 100: Heard it in the playground / Bossy boots. | ||
Indep. Rev. 8 July 4: Bragg is apparently to be named to fill a customised corporate arts bossy-boots-at-large role. |