buskès

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊsks/

Noun

buskès

1. plural of busk
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Thou ne'er eighthest buskès, whit palskès, breede-kaake.

     Thou never eatedst spiced bread, white palskes, (or) bride-cake.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 28