bouge

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/buːd͡ʒ/

noun

The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.

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Meanings

bouge1

nounbouge (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableThe right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.

    They […] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady.

    1612, Ben Jonson, Love Restored
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    Officials carrying lists of servants receiving ‘bouge of court’ – wages and board – carried out identity checks […]

    2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 29

bouge2

verbbouge (third-person singular simple present bouges, present participle bouging, simple past and past participle bouged)

present singular third person bouges · participle present bouging · participle past bouged · past bouged

  1. To swell out.
  2. To bilge.

    Their shippe bouged.

    1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Origin

bouge · noun

Alteration of bouche.

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bouge · verb

Variant of bulge.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bouge

hugescroogelugekludgeklugebugesplooge
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Anagrams

bogue
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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