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bosthoon

bosthoon is the alternative spelling of bostoon.

Meaning of bostoon

Noun

bostoon (plural bostoons)

  1. (Ireland) A 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

Forms of bosthoon

pluralbosthoons

Questions about bosthoon

What is bosthoon the alternative spelling of?
Bosthoon is the alternative spelling of bostoon.

Words near bosthoon in the dictionary

  1. bosted
  2. bostel
  3. bostels
  4. boster
  5. bosters
  6. bosthoon
  7. bosthoons
  8. Bostian
  9. Bostians
  10. Bostic
  11. Bostick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bosthoon (page history and authors); bostoon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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