bostoon

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noun

A foolish person.

OriginIrish bastún →
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Meanings

nounbostoon (plural bostoons)

plural bostoons · alternative bosthoon

  1. IrelandA foolish person.

    Some Tipperary bosthoon endangering the lives of the citizens.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 231

Origin

  1. Irishbastún
  2. Englishbostoon

From Irish bastún.

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APA

bostoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bostoon

MLA

“bostoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bostoon. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bostoon,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bostoon.

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