Bosie

Bosie

Bosie may mean:
* a googly, a type of delivery in the game of cricket.
* a nickname for Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde, addressed as such in Wilde's letter from prison, "De Profundis".
* a nickname for the Bösendorfer piano.
* a Scottish slang for a Hug.


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  • Bosie — Alfred Douglas, 1897. Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (* 22. Oktober 1870 in Worcestershire; † 20. März 1945 in St. Andrews) war ein britischer Dichter, Übersetzer und Schriftsteller. Berühmt wurde er als Freund und Liebhaber des irischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bosie — Alfred Bruce Douglas Alfred Douglas en 1896. Alfred Bruce Douglas né dans le Worcestershire le 22 octobre 1870 et mort dans le Sussex le 20 mars 1945, est un poète anglais. Il est notamment connu pour sa relation homosexuelle avec l écrivain… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bosie — noun a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way • Syn: ↑googly, ↑wrong un, ↑bosie ball • Hypernyms: ↑bowling …   Useful english dictionary

  • bosie ball — noun a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way • Syn: ↑googly, ↑wrong un, ↑bosie • Hypernyms: ↑bowling …   Useful english dictionary

  • bosie — /ˈboʊzi/ (say bohzee) noun Cricket Colloquial → googly. Also, bosey. {named after the inventor of the googly, BJT Bosanquet, 1877–1936, English cricketer} …  

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  • Lord Alfred Douglas — Infobox Writer name = Lord Alfred Douglas imagesize = 200px caption = from a photo he gave to Wilde in 1894 pseudonym = birthdate = birth date|1870|10|22|mf=y birthplace = Worcestershire, England, UK deathdate = death date and… …   Wikipedia

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  • Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) — Bill O Reilly Personal information Full name William Joseph Bill O Reilly Born 20 December 1905(1905 12 20) White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia Died 6 October 1992( …   Wikipedia

  • The Green Carnation — first published anonymously in 1894, was a scandalous novel by Robert Hichens whose lead characters are closely based on Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas also known as Bosie , whom the author personally knew. It was an instant succès de scand …   Wikipedia

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