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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1927
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BOSEY, adj. Ghostly. [′bo:zi]Gall. 1927 Times (4 Oct.) 17/5:
A stell, which the natives call the Bosey (ghostly or haunted) Stell, [a name derived from] a group of prehistoric graves, of the single slab type, whose occupants had doubtless furnished the ghosts.
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