buxon

Dutch translation: met een weelderige boezem

13:17 Jan 26, 2008
English to Dutch translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
English term or phrase: buxon
A word in lyrics of an Irish song. Does anyone know what buxon is or means?

I'm a buxon fine widow I Live in a spot,
In Dublin they call it the Coombe.
Me shops and stalls are laid out in the street,
And me palace consists of one room.
Bénédicte Annys (X)
Local time: 12:38
Dutch translation:met een weelderige boezem
Explanation:
buxom eigenlijk...
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Ron Willems
Netherlands
Local time: 12:38
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Thanks a lot!
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4 +2met een weelderige boezem
Ron Willems
3volle
Henk Peelen


  

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met een weelderige boezem


Explanation:
buxom eigenlijk...

Ron Willems
Netherlands
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

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agree  Henk Peelen
7 hrs

agree  Mario Hendriks
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
volle


Explanation:
Kan ook.
Je weet maar nooit wat ze precies bedoelt met widow, selling oranges, apples, sugar-stick sweet, second-hand clothes on Saterday Night, "Biddy Mulligan, the pride of The Coombe, me boys,"

http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/irish-folk-music/irish son...

mooie site met veel banjo's en dobro's

Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4
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