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Bougie

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A wax candle; so called from Bougiah, in Algeria, whence the wax was imported. A medical instrument used for dilating strictures or removing obstructions.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Bottled Moonshine
Bottom
Bottom (Nick)
Bottomless
Botty
Boucan
Bouders
Boudoir
Boues de St. Amand (Les)
Bought and Sold
Bougie
Boule
Bouljanus
Bouncer
Bounty
Bouquet
Bourbon
Bourgeois (French)
Bourgeoisie (French)
Bouse
Boustrapa