Definitions for boughten

boughten bought·en

Spelling: [bawt-n]
IPA: /ˈbɔt n/

Boughten is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in boughten (beghnotu).

Definitions for boughten

adjective

  1. store-bought.

Origin of boughten

First recorded in 1785-95; bought + -en3

Examples for boughten

And still more often as an adjective, as in "it was a boughten dress."

They was boughten socks from Mrs. Carslake's shop of all sorts.

For the wee little girl make a nice rag doll; it will please her quite as well as a boughten one, and certainly last much longer.

My first 'boughten' jacket was an olive green broadcloth,—a remnant which was bought cheap because it was a remnant.

"I could of boughten some candies," complained Microby Dandeline.

What do they use for yellow dye on the Porcupine quills—I mean before the boughten dyes came?

Home-made toys have a greater value than boughten ones because there is as much fun making them as playing with them.

Our collars were either home-made ginghams or "boughten" ones of paper at fifteen cents per box.

"Abuse and slander from that boughten sheet, the Alta--yes," retorted Sinton.

I'll know better next hitch, for boughten wit is the best in a general way.

Word Value for boughten
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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