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Definition of Bossies
1. bossy [n] - See also: bossy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bossies
Literary usage of Bossies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reminiscences Chiefly of Oriel College and the Oxford Movement by Thomas Mozley (1882)
"Every old Oriel man will remember the M bossies," and his own sensations when,
... I must have heard the " bossies " frequently, without being conscious of ..."
2. Records of the Cape Colony from February 1793 [to: Copied for the Cape by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Great Britain Public Record Office (1900)
"... Brand Valley, Breede River, and half of the bossies Veld, laying to the
north-eastward of the great chain of hills above described, are to be considered ..."
3. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From by John Campbell Campbell (1856)
"... bossies, or visiting their dioceses, or laid up by long sickness, could not
themselves use the seal, and were unwilling to surrender the office to a ..."
4. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1880)
"bossies came in sight of the village in which was BOOK n. situated the palace of
Attila. Students have dis- !!!_ cussed whether this Hunnish capital is ..."
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