baakhooses

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔːkuːˈziːz/

Noun

baakhooses

1. plural of baakooze
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:

     Baakhooses an lauckès war aul ee a zweal.

     [Ovens and locks were all in the swale.]

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 98