bokayn.
/bəʊˈkeɪ/ colloquial.
= bouquet n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [noun] > flower arrangement > bouquet
bobc1400
posya1500
poesy1565
bough-pot1585
ramilletec1620
bouquet1717
tisty-tosty1825
booky1842
bokay1847
shower bouquet1891
porte-bouquet1900
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxix. 248 Bedad it's him..and that's the very bokay he bought in the Marshy aux Flures!
1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet iii. 62 ‘What! all them lovely bokays for me!’ exclaimed the enraptured cook.
1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain xvi. 244 She..asked in that ghastly voice for what she called her bokay.
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