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Boche

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Boche also boche  (bsh, bôsh)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or World War II.
[French, alteration of Alboche, blend of Allemand, German; see allemande, and French dialectal caboche, cabbage, blockhead; see cabbage.]
Boche [bɒʃ]
n Derogatory slang (esp in World Wars I and II)
1. a German, esp a German soldier
the (usually functioning as plural) Germans collectively, esp German soldiers regarded as the enemy
[from French, probably shortened from alboche German, from allemand German + caboche pate]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Boche - offensive term for a person of German descent
Jerry, Kraut, Krauthead, Hun
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
German - a person of German nationality
Translations
Boche [bɒʃ]
A. ADJ (pej) → alemán, tudesco
B. N (pej) → boche m, alemán m
the Boche → los alemanes
Boche
n (pej inf) → Boche m


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My boche was bearing me toward the side of the submarine against which the tug was still pounding.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
It was the second time he had spoken in three days and perhaps his very silence, ominous in itself, had done more to arouse terror in the breast of the Boche than even the spear point, ever ready as it always was.
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