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Boche

  [bosh, bawsh]
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–noun, plural Boche, Boches  [bosh, bawsh] . Disparaging.
a German, esp. a German soldier in World War I.
Also, boche.

Origin:
1885–90; < F, aph. var. of Alboche German, equiv. to al(lemand) German + (ca)boche blockhead, head of a nail
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Boche also boche   (bŏsh, bôsh)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a German, especially a German soldier in World War I or World War II.

[French, alteration of Alboche, blend of Allemand, German; see allemande, and French dialectal caboche, cabbage, blockhead; see cabbage.]
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Word Origin & History

Boche 
1914, from Fr. slang, "rascal," of unknown origin, applied by soldiers to Germans in World War I. Another theory traces it to Fr. Allemand "German," in eastern Fr. Al(le)moche, altered contemptuously to Alboche by assoc. with caboche, a slang word for "head," lit. "cabbage" (cf. tete de boche, Fr. for "German" in an 1887 slang dictionary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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