bosky
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Bosky Dell is a compact little place of ten acres, covered mostly with a dense grove, and cut into two unequal parts by a brawling, rocky stream.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 by Various
Her husband, whose name was Jim Bosky, seemed, to the self-impanelled jury that spent its time sitting on the case, singularly insensible to his own advantages.
From Judith of the Plains by Manning, Marie
"In the first place, there is our friend Colonel Bosky, the members for the county of Calfshire, and a deputation of tenant farmers."
From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
I’ve cut away from them, run up the bank, and scampered through Bosky Dell, and tore my dress ever so many times.
From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville
Even in those early days Selwyn, who went by the sobriquet of "Bosky," had many friends—not only among college boys, but in London society.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
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