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boet

British  
/ bʊt /

noun

  1. brother; mate, chum

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Dein Fuss seind weiss wie Kreiden,     Dein Ermlein Helfenbein, Dein ganzer Leib ist Seiden     Dein Brust wie Marmelstein- Ja-vot de older boet sang,     I sing of dee-dou Fine!

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

I am a boet, and a creat boet; but I haf no lankwage.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

I am a boet I am a berson of imachination.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

Der cratest boet efer vas,     Der pest I efer known, Vent lecdures here, too, shoost like me,     Le Sieur Francoys Villon.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

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