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Boz

American  
[boz] / bɒz /

noun

  1. pen name of Charles Dickens.


Boz British  
/ bɒz /

noun

  1. pen name of (Charles) Dickens

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"We returned two of the artefacts stolen from temples in China," Boz told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Appeared in the February 24, 2026, print edition as 'A Boz Scaggs Classic Turns 50'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

In addition to Rodgers and Kirke, who had played together in the rock band Free, Bad Company’s original members included guitarist Mick Ralphs and bassist Boz Burrell.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

In a Wednesday text message, Clemishire’s attorney Boz Tchividjian said she has been working behind-the-scenes with advocates for such reforms.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

He was a precocious, but not an extraordinary precocious writer; for he was four and twenty when the Sketches by Boz were printed in a volume after appearing in the Morning Chronicle.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George