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boughten

[ bawt-n ]

adjective

, Nonstandard: Northern and North Midland U.S.


boughten

/ ˈbɔːtən /

adjective

  1. a dialect word for bought
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boughten1

First recorded in 1785–95; bought + -en 3
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Example Sentences

What do they use for yellow dye on the Porcupine quills—I mean before the boughten dyes came?

Shure, Yahn, they jest goes to the store an' gets boughten dyes in packages like we do.

Our collars were either home-made ginghams or "boughten" ones of paper at fifteen cents per box.

I had a "boughten" shirt also, two boxes of paper cuffs, and two new ties, a black one for every day and a white one for Sunday.

Laddie and I have only got boughten bow-arrows, and the arrows don't fly very good.

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