КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «BOSTHOON»
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The Dublin University Magazine
“Now, my darling little left,” said he, “if you lose you must build a large mill there
below for the right, and you, you bosthoon l" said he to the right, “if you lose, but I
know you won't, you thief, you must make a castle, and a beautiful garden, and ...
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Dublin University magazine: a literary and political journal
Bosthoon made no reply whatsoever, but he snapped his fingers, and neighed
and lowed, and 'put his body through such a series of Kamskadale evolutions as
literally threw Molsh into convulsions. " Why, Bosthoon, Bosthoon dear ! Queen o'
...
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The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review
Two valices here, an' a big box an' three carpet-bags there, an', ' Run, boy, fetch
away that other gentleman's baggage, while I get out the price of the backy for ye,
' wouldn't make pay soup, Patsey l" “ Take that--an' that-—ye bosthoon ye I" ...
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A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English
borry, borrow, see FOLLY. bosthoon /'bustu:n/ also bostoon n., idle, foolish,
brainless, good-for-nothing person; ignorant lout < Ir bastiin. 'Only a bosthoon
would do that!'; 'You bosthoon, you. what are you doing in my toolbox? Get out of
that!
Terence Patrick Dolan,
2006
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Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses
Tipperary bosthoon - Tipperary is a rural county seventy-eight miles southwest of
Dublin. A "bosthoon" is a flexible rod or whip made of green rushes laid together;
contemptuously it means a soft, worthless, spiritless fellow. 10.778-79 (240:41).
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English: Second Edition with ...
There might be a number of women around, but no man. bostoon n also
bosthoon.EDD bosthoon Ir; DINNEEN bastun. A clumsy, stupid fellow (1937
DEVINE 10). 1925 Dial Notes v, 326 Bosthoon—an extremely ignorant man.
bottle n Cp OED ...
W.J. Kirwin, G. M. Story, J.D.A. Widdowson,
1990
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Red Hall, or the Baronet's daughter
You lazy bosthoon,” said he to a large, in fact toa huge young fellow, a servant, “
was it to allow the pigs, the destructive vagabonds, to turn up my beautiful bit of
lawn that I undertook to give you house-room, wages, and feeding—eh? and a ...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the ...
Floss beat Sandlark, Benevolence beat Thorn, Whirlwind beat Bosthoon,*
Empress beat Vampire, Nell beat Saffron, Tioneer beat Ferrand, Kotzebue beat H
Clinker, and Why-so beat Traveller. Second Tics. — Nell beat Empress,
Benevolence ...
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The Black Baronet, Or, Chronicles of Ballytrain
You lazy bosthoon," said he to a large, in fact to a huge young fellow, a servant, "
was it to allow the pigs, the destructive vagabonds, to turn up my beautiful bit of
lawn that I undertook to give you house-room, wages, and feeding — eh ? and a
...
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Rory O'More: A National Romance
I propound to yiz all " " If you were poundin' from this till to-morrow, you 're nothing
but a bosthoon," said the showman. Phelim absolutely staggered at the
degrading epithet of bosthoon being applied to a philomath. The showman
continued ...