bosthoon

/ ˈbɒsduːn /

noun

1. a boor

Word History and Origins

Origin of bosthoon¹

C19: from Irish Gaelic bastún , from Old French baston penis

Example Sentences

That bosthoon there, would make you believe he was in the coach, convarsing the whole way with him.

From Project Gutenberg

It appears that someone told him of a big bosthoon of a giant called Far Rua being down at the Causeway to look for him, and so he set out there to try if he could catch him.

From Project Gutenberg

An ye'll all get the like o' that, every bosthoon among yez, av ye get Home Rule.

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Cousin George is a good man, an' I'm very fond iv him,—more be raison iv his doin' that May-o bosthoon Pat Mountjoy, but he has low tastes.

From Project Gutenberg

An', if he don't do annything, he's a dummy, an', if he does do annything, he's crazy; an' whin he dies, his foreman says: 'Sure, 'tis th' divvle's own time I had savin' that bosthoon fr'm desthroyin' himsilf.

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