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Boz [boz] Examples noun
- pen name of Charles Dickens.
Dickens [dik-inz] noun
- CharlesJohn Huf·fam, [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/, Boz, 1812–70, English novelist.
Related formsDick·en·si·an [dih-ken-zee-uh n] /dɪˈkɛn zi ən/, adjective Examples from the Web for boz Contemporary Examples of boz
Apart from a silly 200th birthday, a clue to why Boz matters is how well he fleshes out our capitalist world.
Charles Dickens Bicentenary: Why We Should Care
Jimmy So
February 7, 2012
Historical Examples of boz
These were published as fast as they were written, over the pen name of “Boz.”
Rupert Sargent Holland
“Boz” had been earlier, and has been always, popular in France.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2
George Saintsbury
It is quite plain, therefore, that Boz was recalling this tragic episode.
Percy Fitzgerald
Now, we know how much Boz was inclined to draw from what was before his eyes.
Percy Fitzgerald
The truth was, such stretches were as nothing to Boz himself.
Percy Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for boz Boz noun
- pen name of (Charles) Dickens
dickens noun
- informal a euphemistic word for devil what the dickens?
Word Origin for dickens C16: from the name Dickens Dickens noun
- Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
Word Origin and History for boz dickens
exclamation, 1590s, apparently a substitute for devil; probably altered from Dickon, nickname for Richard and source of the surnames Dickens and Dickenson, but exact derivation and meaning are unknown.