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bosey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bosey
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A googly.

Obsolete

Etymology

Named after English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet who toured Australia for the 1903/4 summer; + -y. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 4, page 248.)

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

boseys (plural)

Questions

What does bosey mean?
A googly.
Where does bosey come from?
Named after English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet who toured Australia for the 1903/4 summer; + -y. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 4, page 248.)

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