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bousing — v. haul or pull with a tackle (Nautical); carouse, drink too much or more than enough, booze (also spelled bowse) … English contemporary dictionary
bousin — 1. bousin [ buzɛ̃ ] n. m. • 1611; de bouse ♦ Tourbe de qualité inférieure. Glace côtière chargée de débris. bousin 2. bousin [ buzɛ̃ ] n. m. • 1790; arg. des marins, de l angl. pop. to booze « s enivrer » 1 ♦ Pop. et vx Cabaret mal famé. ⇒ bouge … Encyclopédie Universelle
bouzin — ⇒BOUSIN1, BOUZIN, subst. masc. Trivial, vieilli A. Mauvais lieu, cabaret borgne. B. Tapage, vacarme. Faire du bousin. J ai cuydé crever de rage, tant on faisait de bouzin dans mon logis du boulevard du temple (FLAUBERT. Correspondance, 1868, p.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
bouse — bouse1 /bows, bowz/, v.t., boused, bousing. Naut. to haul with tackle. Also, bowse. [1585 95; of uncert. orig.] bouse2 /boohz, bowz/, n., v., boused, bousing. n. 1. liquor or drink. 2. a drinking bout; carouse … Universalium
bouse — I. /baʊz/ (say bowz) verb (t) (boused, bousing) → bowse. II. /buz/ (say boohz) noun, verb (i), verb (t) (boused, bousing) → booze …
Mile — Miles redirects here. For other uses, see Mile (disambiguation) and Miles (disambiguation). mile international US survey nautical 1.609344 km 1.609347 km 1.852 km 1,6 … Wikipedia
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Thomas Harman — was an Elizabethan author who lived in Kent, England. He is famous for one work, A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors, vulgarly called vagabonds . It was first published in 1566, and although no copies of that edition survive, it must have… … Wikipedia
BOUSINGOT — BOUSING Bousingo, ou bouzingo, ou encore bousingot, appartient au vocabulaire romantique. Le mot est emprunté à l’argot de la marine anglaise (bousin = 1o cabaret, mauvais lieu; 2o tintamarre; 3o chapeau de marin). Ayant été employé dans le… … Encyclopédie Universelle
