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bongraces

bongraces is the plural of bongrace.

Meaning of bongrace

Noun

bongrace (plural bongraces)

  1. (obsolete) A brim or shade projecting from a bonnet.
  2. (obsolete) A type of wide-brimmed hat, often made of straw.
    • Her dark elf-locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon, between an old-fashioned bonnet called a Bongrace, heightening the singular effect of her strong and weather-beaten features, which they partly shadowed, while her eye had a wild roll that indicated something like real or affected insanity.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

Questions about bongraces

What is bongraces the plural of?
Bongraces is the plural of bongrace.

Words near bongraces in the dictionary

  1. bongoing
  2. bongoist
  3. bongoists
  4. bongos
  5. bongrace
  6. bongraces
  7. bongs
  8. Bongsod
  9. bongwater
  10. bonham
  11. bonhams

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