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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Boche

"German soldier in World War I," 1914, perhaps from French slang boche "rascal," applied to the Germans; a word of unknown origin. Another theory traces it to French Allemand "German," in eastern French Al(le)moche, altered contemptuously to Alboche by association with caboche, a slang word for "head," literally "cabbage" (compare tete de boche, French for "German" in an 1887 slang dictionary). All the French terms are no older than mid-19c.

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boche

n. (context dated slang ethnic slur English) A German.

Usage examples of "boche".

Instead, they inscribed the disgusting names of their Boche generals and colonels.

Priel Farm came in for a good deal of hatred by the Boche, and the variations in its contour was a daily source of interest to the troops in the vicinity.

Catelet Copse when the Boche suddenly started a short hurricane bombardment.

The Boche was not very inimical here, and seemed anxious to lull us into a feeling of peace and security so that, I suppose, he could get safely on with his digging, for he had still a good deal to do.

Lewis guns at the few flying Boche and into the copse, so he gave the word to withdraw.

The first night was a great success, there was not a whisper of protest from the Boche, and we had cut through an almost continuous line, adequately protected by concertina barbed wire, and particularly strengthened at various points where posts had to be held during the next day.

Those who had reached the foremost position were immediately expelled or captured, or killed where they stood, by the Boche counter attack next morning.

The Boche had paid this place some attention prior to his attack in July, and had not really left it alone, so that the civilians had made a rather hurried departure.

One of these was to experiment with a new gas to be projected into the Boche front trench across the river.

Luckily the Boche did not interfere in this little humorous interlude.

Over this area the Boche had uninterrupted observation from the ruins of Lombaertzyde, which lay on slightly higher ground just within his lines.

Still we had the satisfaction of knowing that the Boche received as much and more than he gave.

The Boche made unpleasant contributions to the proceedings by way of long range shelling by day and bombing by night, but although the 8th and the civilians suffered somewhat by these displays, the 7th escaped practically unhurt.

Manchesters which had taken the Boche completely by surprise, and had furnished quite a number of prisoners and machine guns.

Headquarters lay out in the Ayette road at first until an old Boche dug-out, not completed, was found farther up the road, and then they got into it.