Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Meaning of 'Bobonkt'
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| Author: | Carlota Smith | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Lexicography
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| Subject Language(s): |
English
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| Query: |
Hi:
I am trying to find the meaning of a word used in the American West during the civil was period: the word is bobonkt. It appeared in the following sentence in a personal diary from 1863: I went to get some bobonkt so it's apparently a mass noun. I have looked in dictionaries that I found in the library, including the OED, and on Google, without success. I'd appreciate any suggestions as to the word's meaning, and of where to look for the word. Thank you Carlota Smith -- Carlota S. Smith Centennial Professor of Linguistics Dept of Linguistics University of Texas Austin, Tx 78712-1196 |
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| LL Issue: | 17.1952 | |
| Date posted: | 04-Jul-2006 | |
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