bulldoggy

English

Etymology

From bulldog +‎ -y.

Adjective

bulldoggy (comparative more bulldoggy, superlative most bulldoggy)

1. (informal) Resembling a bulldog.
   • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

     "You must not write down the first Christian emperor as a villain." But Smith was a forthright, uncompromising, bull-doggy antagonist."