boose
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3ADJ.
better, true
BOOSE + NOUN
brine, o
PREP.
off, than
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noun
A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
It especially used of the sweepings of cows' booses; and this leads me to remark that it is in the language connected with the farm that some of our good old English monosyllables are to be traced.
noun
Alternative spelling of booze.
1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it; And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before.
Sucking duck eggs by God till further orders. Keep him off the boose, see? O, by God, Blazes is a hairy chap.
verb
Alternative spelling of booze.
Why, you would not be boosing till lightman's in a square crib like mine, as if you were in a flash panny?
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4It especially used of the sweepings of cows' booses; and this leads me to remark that it is in the language connected with the farm that some of our good old English monosyllables are to be traced.
Wiktionary1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it; And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before.
WiktionarySucking duck eggs by God till further orders. Keep him off the boose, see? O, by God, Blazes is a hairy chap.
WiktionaryWhy, you would not be boosing till lightman's in a square crib like mine, as if you were in a flash panny?
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