bosie

English

Noun

bosie (plural bosies)

1. (cricket, obsolete) Alternative form of bosey

Anagrams

• Boise, Obies, biose, obies

Scots

Alternative forms

• bosey, bosy, bozie, bozy

Noun

bosie (plural bosies)

1. (literal or figurative) bosom
   • 1878, William Miller, “The Sleepy Laddie”, in John Donald Carrick, Alexander Rodger, David Robertson, editors, Whistle-Binkie: A Collection of Songs for the Social Circle, page 309:

     There’s a wee birdie singing—get up, get up!
     And listen, it says, tak’ a whup, tak’ a whup!
     But I’ll kittle his bosie—a far better plan—
     And pouter his pow wi’ a watering-can.

     There’s a little bird singing—get up, get up! And listen, it says, take a whipping, take a whipping! But I’ll tickle his bosom—a far better plan—And knock his head with a watering-can.

2. a cuddle, an act of embracing
   • 1996, Sheena Blackhall, “The Diary”, in Wittgenstein’s Web, page 15:

     An ma Da says my Ma’s a Bad Parent cos she’s aye oot on the randan. I dinna ken fit the randan is, bit I ay get sweeties and a bosie fin she cams hame.

     And my Pa says my Ma’s a Bad Parent because she’s always out on a romp. I don’t know what a romp is, but I always get sweets and a cuddle when she comes home.

Verb

bosie (third-person singular simple present bosies, present participle bosiein, simple past bosiet, past participle bosiet)

1. to clasp to one's bosom, to cuddle
   • 2020, Matthew Fit, But n Ben A-Go-Go, page 20:

     Grandfather Klog never bosied or beardied him when he wis wee but gart him staun in foostie cupboards in his sterile widdower’s apartments whenever Paolo bairnishly havered Klog’s deid wife’s name.

     Grandfather Klog never hugged or kissed him when he was little but made him stand in stuffy corners in his sterile widower’s apartments whenever Paolo childishly babbled Klog’s dead wife’s name.