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noun • a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | ||||||||
| 50% | 7 | His pen name was Boz | ||||||
noun • a word used in exclamations of confusion • English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870) | ||||||||
| 39% | 3 | Boz was Dickens's ___ de plume | ||||||
verb • To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. • To entitle, confer a name upon. • To eat with noisy enjoyment. noun • An act or instance of nominating. • A device or means by which a person or thing is nominated. • One who nominates, the enactor of a nomination. • A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office. • A person or organisation in whose name a security is registered though true ownership is held by another party, called nominator, especially for the purpose of concealing the identity of the nominator. • A person to whom the holder of a copyhold estate surrenders their interest. interjection • Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "nom nom nom". | ||||||||
Boz Was For Dickens Crossword Clue
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PSEUDONYM which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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PSEUDONYM
Updated: October 13, 2023
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1 | Artist “Phiz” whose illustrations in the novels of “Boz” include At Mr John Chivery’s tea-table, Lady Dedlock in the Wood, Mr Pecksniff on his Mission and Mr Winkle Returns under Extraordinary Circumstances
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
15 Apr 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 15 Apr 2023 |
2 | Author of 19 4 8, 22 and 23: also known as Boz
The Guardian Quick -
25 Oct 1999 | The Guardian Quick / 25 Oct 1999 |
3 | Boz
New York Times -
01 Aug 1980 | New York Times / 01 Aug 1980 |
4 | Boz was Dickens's ___ de plume
New York Times -
06 Apr 1978 | New York Times / 06 Apr 1978 |
5 | Countryman of Boz
New York Times -
10 Apr 1982 | New York Times / 10 Apr 1982 |
6 | Familiarly known as 'Boz' | |
7 | His pen name was Boz |
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