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Boche
or boche
[ bosh, bawsh ]
noun
, plural Boche, Boches [bosh, bawsh].
- Older Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or II.
Boche
/ bɒʃ /
noun
- a German, esp a German soldier
- the Bocheusually functioning as plural Germans collectively, esp German soldiers regarded as the enemy
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Sensitive Note
This term was originally French slang, perhaps from the Franco-Prussian War. In English, it appears today only in historical contexts.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Boche1
First recorded in 1885–90; from French; of uncertain origin; possibly a shortening of Alboche, Alleboche “German,” equivalent to al(emand) “German” + (ca)boche “cabbage, blockhead, head of a nail”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Boche1
C20: from French, probably shortened from alboche German, from allemand German + caboche pate
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Example Sentences
It seemed impossible that the Boche (p.091) could have been driven out of it.
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The Boche were at it hard now, and they were bombing all round every night.
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The Boche, I presume, couldn't see, but just let off on chance.
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Hardly a night passed at this period that the Boche did not have a "go" at St. Omer.
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The Boche had only left it about three weeks, and it had not been "cleaned up."
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