boughten

[ bawt-n ]

adjectiveNonstandard: Northern and North Midland U.S.

store-bought.

Origin of boughten

First recorded in 1785–95; bought + -en³

Words Nearby boughten

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How to use boughten in a sentence

What do they use for yellow dye on the Porcupine quills—I mean before the boughten dyes came?
Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
Shure, Yahn, they jest goes to the store an' gets boughten dyes in packages like we do.
Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton
Our collars were either home-made ginghams or "boughten" ones of paper at fifteen cents per box.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin Garland
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.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin Garland
Laddie and I have only got boughten bow-arrows, and the arrows don't fly very good.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's | Laura Lee Hope

British Dictionary definitions for boughten

boughten

/ (ˈbɔːtən) /

adjective

a dialect word for bought (def. 2)

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