- boughten
- Something that was bought (ie, past tense of bought).
That item was boughten for you to use now, or having boughten it, you don't have to buy it again.
Dictionary of american slang with examples. .
boughten
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Boughten — Bought en, a. Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boughten — irregular pp. of BUY (Cf. buy); as an adjective from 1793, especially in colloquial U.S. usage, of clothing and other items, opposed to made … Etymology dictionary
boughten — [bôt′ n] adj. Dial. bought at a store and not homemade … English World dictionary
boughten — Something that was bought (ie, past tense of bought). That item was boughten for you to use now, or having boughten it, you don t have to buy it again … Dictionary of american slang
boughten — adjective Etymology: bought + en (as in forgotten) Date: 1738 chiefly dialect bought < the only boughten carpet in the region H. W. Thompson > … New Collegiate Dictionary
boughten — adjective /ˈbɔːtən/ Characterized as having been purchased or bought versus handmade. Is that a boughten chair? … Wiktionary
boughten store-bought — factory made factory made adj. made in a factory. Contrasted with {homemade}. [Narrower terms: {boughten, store bought ; {mass produced ] [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boughten — /bawt n/, adj. Northern and North Midland U.S. Nonstandard. store bought. [1785 95; BOUGHT + EN3] * * * … Universalium
boughten — [ bɔ:t(ə)n] archaic past participle of buy. adjective dialect, chiefly N. Amer. bought rather than home made … English new terms dictionary
boughten — bought·en … English syllables
