E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Boz.
Charles Dickens (1812–1870).
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“Boz, my signature in the Morning Chronicle,” he tells us, “was the nickname of a pet child, a younger brother, whom I had dubbed Moses, in honour of the Vicar of Wakefield, which, being pronounced Bozes, got shortened into Boz.”
