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bosk

American  
[bosk] / bɒsk /

noun

  1. a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.

bosk British  
/ bɒsk /

noun

  1. literary a small wood of bushes and small trees

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Etymology

Origin of bosk

1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk ( e ) < Old Norse buskr bush 1

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In a June appointment at Children’s National that the Times observed, Dr. Abigail Bosk, a rheumatologist, told him his post-Covid fatigue was more debilitating than simple tiredness.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021

That which he called home was a peasant's house in the Bosk hills—the house of the plowman of Liaoyang, whose children he fathered.

From Red Fleece by Comfort, Will Levington

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