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boîte

[ bwaht; French bwat ]
/ bwɑt; French bwat /
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noun, plural boîtes [bwahts; French bwat] /bwɑts; French bwat/.

a nightclub; cabaret.

Nearby words

  1. bozeman's position,
  2. bozeman-fritsch catheter,
  3. bozen,
  4. bozo,
  5. bozzaris,
  6. boîte de nuit,
  7. boötes,
  8. boğazköy,
  9. bp,
  10. bp.

Origin of boîte

< French: box; Old French boiste < Vulgar Latin *buxita, for Late Latin buxida, formation based on Latin pyxis box (see pyx), stem pyxid-, conflated with buxus box3
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Examples from the Web for boite

  • You won't pass many inspections without having to send you to the Boite.

    Trooper 3809|Lionel Decle

  • The boite ordinaire that grows away there in the plain, is called Gamay.

    Burgundy: The Splendid Duchy|Percy Allen

  • First thing whin they gits howld av a greeny the bhise throis to make him boite that same.

    Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton

  • The other man went on smoking and staring at the boite de surprises as if he were alone.

    In the Wilderness|Robert Hichens