bosthoon
- Irish a boor
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Word Origin for bosthoon
C19: from Irish Gaelic bastún, from Old French baston penis
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Historical Examples of bosthoon
Some Tipperary bosthoon endangering the lives of the citizens.
UlyssesJames Joyce
"Blackmoor was an ass; but maybe he was as great a bosthoon in physic as in poetry," rejoined Billy, promptly.
The Fortunes Of GlencoreCharles James Lever
An ye'll all get the like o' that, every bosthoon among yez, av ye get Home Rule.
Ireland as It IsRobert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
Don't you know the differ, Sir, between a threat an' a warnin', you bosthoon?'
The House by the Church-YardJ. Sheridan Le Fanu