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boughten

/bawt-n/US // ˈbɔt n //UK // (ˈbɔːtən) //

买入,买办,买了,买入价

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Nonstandard: Northern and North Midland U.S.

    • : store-bought.

Examples

  • What do they use for yellow dye on the Porcupine quills—I mean before the boughten dyes came?

  • Shure, Yahn, they jest goes to the store an' gets boughten dyes in packages like we do.

  • Our collars were either home-made ginghams or "boughten" ones of paper at fifteen cents per box.

  • I had a "boughten" shirt also, two boxes of paper cuffs, and two new ties, a black one for every day and a white one for Sunday.

  • Laddie and I have only got boughten bow-arrows, and the arrows don't fly very good.