boose
See also: Boose
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːs
Etymology 1
From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsiġ (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
Alternative forms
- boosy, boosey
Noun
boose (plural booses)
Etymology 2
From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).
Noun
boose
- 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.
- 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it;
- 1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles"
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