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nounbostal (plural bostals)
plural bostals
- pronunciation spellingSussexEye dialect spelling of borstal.
[…] up the chalky bostals over the Downs from the secluded villages and hamlets […]
1965, Geoffrey Jules Marcus, Before the lamps went out1 more example
When the practice was over it was still light, and Robert and Bessie turned inevitably along the little bostal that trickles through the fields […]
1916, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight
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bostal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bostal
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“bostal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bostal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bostal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bostal.
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