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Definition of Boniest
1. boney [adj] - See also: boney
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boniest
Literary usage of Boniest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Robert Burns: Consisting Chiefly of Original Letters, Poems, and by Robert Burns, Robert Hartley Cromek (1817)
"YOUNG Peggy blooms our boniest lass, Her blush is like the morning, The rosy
dawn, the springing grass, With early gems adorning: Here eyes outshine the ..."
2. What is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain (1919)
"Books are very well, but books do not cover the whole domain of esthetic human
culture. Pride of profession is one of the boniest bones of existence, ..."
3. The Poetry of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1897)
"For the ' boniest lass in the world,' see ante, p. 458, Prefatory Note to Sat Ye
Bonie Lesley. The us. is at Brechin Castle. BY ALLAN STREAM THOMSON (Vol. ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"... and designation of all my heroines to appear in some future edition of your
work, perhaps half a century hence, you must certainly include the boniest ..."
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