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from The Century Dictionary.
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bouge .
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_bowget_ was not pronounced _boodget_, as it would be, according to Mr. White, if spelt _budget_?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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"'The sow-skin bowget': -- i.e. budget; the change of orthography being made for the sake of the rhyme; about which our early writers, contrary to the received opinion, were very particular.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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