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.