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Meaning of boose | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/buːs/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
    dialectal
  3. Alternative spelling of booze.
    alt-of, alternative

Examples

“It especially used of the sweepings of cows' booses; and this leads me to remark that it is in the language connected with the farm that some of our good old English monosyllables are to be traced.”
“1922, A.E Housman, "The Oracles" 'Tis true there's better boose than brine, but he that drowns must drink it; And oh, my lass, the news is news that men have heard before.”
“Sucking duck eggs by God till further orders. Keep him off the boose, see? O, by God, Blazes is a hairy chap.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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