bosthoon
/ˈbɒstuːn
/(also bostoon)
noun Irish
An uncouth or ignorant man or boy.That's Tears and Rust, not Tears ‘in’ Rust, you shower of bosthoons....
- He had stood there, like a big bostoon of a boy, open-mouthed and speechless since she had first arrived.
- Maybe one day I'll take a fancy to one of them and go off to live like a lady, and not be treated like a great strapping bosthoon of a hired hand.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Irish bastún.
- out of the common
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the game
- out of the handicap
- out of the ordinary
- out of the (or one's) road
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the way
- out-of-the-wayness
- out of (the) whole cloth
- out of the wood (or woods)
- out of this world
- out of time
- out of touch
- out-of-town
- out-of-towner
- out of true (or the true)
- out of truth
- out of turn
- out of whack
- out of work
- out on a limb
- out (or down) for the count
- out-over