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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

BOYSES, n.pl. An unusual dialectal form of the gen.pl. of boy. Known to Ayr.8 1935 and Kcb.5 c.1912. [′bɔɪzɪ(ə)z]Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 83:
But Och! A sadly want a wife tae mak the boyses brose.

[See E.D.D. Suppl., Eng. Dial. Grammar 73 § 391.]

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