boosy

English

Etymology 1

Noun

boosy (plural boosies)

1. Alternative form of boose (“animal's stall”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

boosy (comparative boosier, superlative boosiest)

1. Archaic form of boozy.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

     When did ever a gentleman o’ fortune show his stern to that much dollars for a boosy old seaman with a blue mug — and him dead too?

Anagrams

• boyos, yobos