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budge

2[buhj]
–noun
1. a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used esp. as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
–adjective
2. made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
3. Obsolete. pompous; solemn.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME bugee, perh. akin to budget
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budge 
1590, from M.Fr. bougier "to move, stir," from V.L. *bullicare "to bubble, boil," from L. bullire "to boil."
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