Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] Boss-eyedMeaning Cross-eyed or squinty. Origin This first appears in the 19th century. It is defined in John Camden Hotten's The Slang Dictionary, 1869 as:
The 1887 edition of Notes and Queries says - "To boss is schoolboy slang for 'to miss'." |