bosthoon

British  

/ ˈbɒsduːn /

noun

1. a boor

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Etymology

Origin of bosthoon

C19: from Irish Gaelic bastún , from Old French baston penis

Example Sentences

A big bosthoon he is indeed, your honor.

From O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet by Shaw, Bernard

Why, you great big bosthoon, isn't it both a sin an' a shame to see you sailin' about among the neighbors, like a sthray turkey, widout a hand's turn to do?

From Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

Cousin George is a good man, an' I'm very fond iv him,—more be raison iv his doin' that May-o bosthoon Pat Mountjoy, but he has low tastes.

From Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War by Dunne, Finley Peter

People declared that "they'd never have thought he'd take and do such a thing, for though he might ha' been a quare sort of bosthoon, he was always dacint and paiceable."

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane

"But indeed," she said, "if anythin' had took you, we'd ha' been in no hurry ever to set eyes on the other unlucky bosthoon."

From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane