Bosser
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bosser is a noun meaning (UK, dialect) A large marble in children's games.
Meaning
(UK, dialect) A large marble in children's games.
More Meanings
- An instrument used to push clay into a mold.
- (rare) A bossy person, one who orders others around.
Example Sentences
They were all bossers here. Especially the women. They were bossy even when they deared her.
[…] the ultimate winner is the man with the greatest number of marbles when play comes to an end. The games at Battle at the present time are played with glass marbles and locally made “bossers” of concrete.
Modern children, having only machine-made glass marbles, are restricted to names describing their size, or the names under which they are sold, or fanciful names of their own inventing. Thus big marbles are big 'uns, bossers, bulls or bullies[…]
Word Forms
- bossers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bossyboots, bosspot, bossy-boots, bossling, bossman, bossypants.
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