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bosket, bosquet [ˈbɒskɪt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a clump of small trees or bushes; thicket
[from French bosquet, from Italian boschetto, from bosco wood, forest; see bush1]

Bosk, Bosquet, Bosket, Boscage a grove or plantation of shrubs or trees, 1737.
Examples: bosk of flowers, 1878; of holly, 1833; of laurel, 1833; of shrubs, 1737; of trees, 1737; of wildernesses, 1847.


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``We expected the worst, but he fought back,'' said Deputy Ron Bosket of the Sheriff's Department Missing Persons Bureau.
The concentration of the active zone into a long rhythmical bosket, the idea of the physical connection of the western and eastern parts and numerous proposed demolitions received criticism.
In a book that evokes pity and terror, Fox Butterfield succeeds wonderfully well--despite his occasional flat prose--in detailing the history of the Bosket family's tradition of violence.
 
 
 
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