Bouses

/ˈbaʊzɪz/ verb

Definition

Third person singular present tense of bouse; drinks heavily or hauls with ropes.

Etymology

Regular conjugation of the verb bouse for third person singular, following standard English verb morphology.

Kelly Says

In Dickens and other Victorian literature, you'll find descriptions of characters who 'bouses' as slang for drinking—the word was vivid enough to appear in canonical English fiction.

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