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Laura Ingalls Wilder occasionally used the word boughten in her books. In the book 'Farmer Boy' she said Almanzo received a boughten cap for Christmas. What does boughten mean?

Question #89439. Asked by myrab51.

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It's a way of saying something was bought, not homemade.

link http://www.thefreedictionary.com/boughten

Dec 05 2007, 3:00 PM
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