Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bodark .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Southwestern U.S. The Osage orange.
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- noun US The Osage orange.
Etymologies
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Corruption of bois d'arc.
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Examples
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Osage Orange (also known as bodarc or bodock, based upon the French name bois d'arc).
mollusque commented on the word bodock
Well, but there's bodocks and bodocks growing between here and the road," said Elvie. "They're lining our way. They couldn't all be Grandpa Vaughn's horse switches from when he came riding to see Granny and get her to marry 'im."
--Eudora Welty, 1970, Losing Battles
December 24, 2010