bockey
English
Etymology
From Dutch bakkie, bakje, or less likely bokaal (“bowl, cup”).
Noun
bockey (plural bockeys)
- (US, dialectal, archaic, New York) A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bockey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)