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bougie

[boo-zhee, ‐jee] / ˈbu ʒi, ‐dʒi /


NOUN
candle
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I didn’t mind paying the fee, but I wonder if it would be worth it to get the bougie card to have year-round access.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 20, 2026

Gou would have felt equally at home playing in Grand Slam Oval, a patch which feels like an Ibiza beach club throughout the tournament due to a thumping sound system and bougie lounge bars.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

Of course it is all illusion, but the flattering lighting and bougie boxed waters belie that revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025

Turns out, the dog was just being picky, as he later scarfed down a bougie natural formula.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

Everything about its architecture is bougie and undeniably impressive, from its ornate archways to its stained glass mosaic windows.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

It was one of those abominable bougies with holes in them to economise the wax, and which consequently had less than the proper amount of material for feeding and maintaining a flame.

From A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

As soon as the œsophagus has healed, say in three or four weeks, bougies should be passed every three or four days to prevent cicatricial contraction.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

The olive heads of the bougies are drilled for threading from the tip to one side of the base.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Gum elastic œsophageal bougies with connection to fit syringe.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

All sorts of bougies for strictures were invented, and many suggestions as to instrumental relief in difficult strictures made.

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh




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