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bauson
[ baw-suhn ]
/ ˈbɔ sən /
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noun Archaic.
a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
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Origin of bauson
1275–1325; Middle English bausen, bauson<Middle French bausen, bauzan, variant of baucent, balcentbausond
Words nearby bauson
Baumeister, Baumé scale, Baumgarten, baum marten, Bauru, bauson, bausond, Bautzen, bauxite, Bav., Bavaria
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How to use bauson in a sentence
Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott