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bockeys

bockeys is the plural of bockey.

Meaning of bockey

Noun

bockey (plural bockeys)

  1. (New-York, US, archaic, dialectal) A large basket woven from oak splints.
    • The large baskets, called Bockeys (the old Dutch word for basket), used for toting this charcoal, were, I believe, the forerunners of the present-day Adirondack pack basket.1947 Spring, A. T. Shorey, “Ma and Pa Pitt”, in New York Folklore Quarterly, volume 3, number 1, page 38

Questions about bockeys

What is bockeys the plural of?
Bockeys is the plural of bockey.

Words near bockeys in the dictionary

  1. bockedy
  2. Bockelman
  3. Bockelmans
  4. bockety
  5. bockey
  6. bockeys
  7. Bockhampton
  8. bocking
  9. bockings
  10. bockland
  11. bocklands

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