http://wordie.org/words/boorish Comments for the word 'Boorish' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/boorish#comments "'In my obituary,' he said to the two silent backs, 'they will write that he contributed two hundred million in taxes for the common good, and that he gave Denmark more free international publicity than Niels Bohr and a million pallets of bacon ever did. Nonetheless, the men who accompanied him - when he was taken away to torture and execution - were as <a href="/words/boorish">boorish</a> as hip-hop gangsters. And as unshaven as Indian swamis.'"<br />- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:04:29 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/boorish#comments