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Definition of Boche
1. Noun. Offensive term for a person of German descent.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Argot, Cant, Jargon, Lingo, Patois, Slang, Vernacular
Generic synonyms: German
Definition of Boche
1. Noun. (dated slang) A German. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative form of Boche) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boche
1. offensive term for a German [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boche
Literary usage of Boche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Adventure of Panama: Wherein are Exposed Its Relation to the Great by Philippe Bunau-Varilla (1920)
"IF I worked with all the fibres of my heart, all the cells of my brain, for the
resurrection of Panama, it is because I felt the hand of the Boche behind ..."
2. The Void of War: Letters from Three Fronts by Reginald John Farrer (1918)
"THE Boche Duc-Ours The dead are beyond one's angers, though: they have paid their
bill, for the time being. It is the defeated arrogance of the living that ..."
3. True Stories of the Great War: Tales of Adventure--heroic Deeds--exploits by Francis Trevelyan Miller (1917)
"BAITING THE Boche—THE WIT OF THE BELGIANS Told by WF Martindale The people of
Brussels have always been noted for a very pretty turn of wit. ..."
4. History of the Yankee Division by Harry A. Benwell (1919)
"CHAPTER X Boche Beaten at Own Game And so ... They were confident and assured,
knowing that they had received everything the Boche had to offer, ..."
5. Guynemer, the Ace of Aces by Jacques Mortane (1918)
"CHAPTER VIII A GAME WITH THE Boche "ONE victory which amused me greatly was that
which I carried off on March 12th. I was a hundred leagues away from where ..."
6. ... The History of the 33rd Division, A.E.F., by Frederick Louis Huidekoper by Frederic Louis Huidekoper (1921)
"The Boche opened on us with machine guns from the opposite woods and ... We drove
the Boche out of the fortified machine gun positions on the crest. ..."
7. State Trials of the Reign of Edward the First, 1289-1293 by Hilda Johnstone (1906)
"... contra legem et consuetudinem regni quatuor dies dati fuerunt predicto Abbati,
vbi in vno anno tres dies vel in duobus annis quinqué dies ad plus Boche, ..."
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