The boarish creature ran right into the swarm of bees. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
He just shook his boarish head and downed an entire pint of mead in one gulp, never breaking his glare from the walls. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
The fences that had kept people penned in remained intact, the cross-shaped corridors that separated the audience into quadrants had not been breached, and the boarish imbeciles still held guns and positions of arbitrary power. From Wordnik.com. [Three Days in the Desert] Reference
Calling them "swine" adds that boorish (boarish?) touch that makes the disease sound deadly. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
This is good news for the prettiness of the area, since the proposed design was another boarish attempt at turning the little town of Hanover into a subaltern New Haven. From Wordnik.com. [Dartblog] Reference
In many cases not: boarish, arrogant, overweight, foul mouthed, undeducated, tattooed, welfare dependant. From Wordnik.com. [Whites Will Be A Minority in 20 Years] Reference
Specifically, in the story, the title character is an obnoxious, bratty, trouble-making, foot-stamping boar of a kid, and so, to the other characters, “making a Charles” became a token turn-of-phrase for anybody’s obnoxious, bratty, trouble-making, foot-stamping boarish action. From Wordnik.com. [Charles | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast] Reference
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