Bosc

[ bosk ]

/ bɒsk /

a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

Bartletts should be in markets this week, with Bosc and Comice pears coming soon.
What to Eat|Cookstr.com|September 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A few days later Bosc returns to Paris and hears of her execution.
The Spell of the Heart of France|Andr Hallays
Bosc kept repeating, simply for the sake of pleasing the chums who were standing the dinner.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola
Bosc and Fontan had appeared profoundly indifferent during the course of this explanation.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola

The dinner was very merry, but Bosc suffered from the near neighborhood of the child, from whom he had to defend his plate.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola
The bean had fallen to the lot of Mme Lerat, who popped it into Bosc's glass.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola