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Definition of Bowery
1. Noun. A street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts.
2. Adjective. Like a bower; leafy and shady. "A bowery lane"
Definition of Bowery
1. a. Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.
2. n. A farm or plantation with its buildings.
3. a. Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.
Definition of Bowery
1. Proper noun. A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low social and economic class. (usually the Bowery.) ¹
2. Adjective. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowery
1. a colonial Dutch farm [n -ERIES]
Medical Definition of Bowery
1. Origin: D. Bouwerij. A farm or plantation with its buildings. "The emigrants [in new York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing."" (Bancroft) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowery
Literary usage of Bowery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"NEW Bowery THEATRE UNTIL the year 1859, the Old Bowery Theatre had practically
the East side of the city as a field entirely of its own. ..."
2. Valentine's Manual of Old New Yorkby New York (N.Y.). Common Council by New York (N.Y.). Common Council (1916)
"bated breath and conjure up visions of sin and wickedness which would make even
the hardened "Bowery Boy" look up in blank amazement and horror. ..."
3. Sunshine and shadow in New York by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"Bowery has the reputation of cheap trade, without being disreputable. ...
THE Bowery ON SUNDAY. To be seen in its glory, the Bowery must be visited on ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"THE Bowery. ЧТ was the opinion of the most observant traveler I ever knew that
no city in Christendom possesses a street comparable with the Bowery in New ..."
5. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1883)
"Mr. Wouter van Twiller, who acknowledges to have rented, the aforesaid Bowery
for the term of three consecutive years to begin on the first of May A° 1033 ..."
6. Presidential Addresses and State Papers of William Howard Taft, from March 4 by United States President (1909-1913 : Taft), William Howard Taft (1910)
"LXIV REMARKS AT THE NEW Bowery MISSION, NEW YORK CITY My Friends: (DECEMBER is,
1909) I AM just about as much surprised at being here as you are at seeing ..."
7. Historical Guide to the City of New York by City History Club of New York (1909)
"The Bowery Lane begins at Chatham Square and originally continued up Fourth Avenue
to Madison ... In English days it was called Bowery Road, shortened in ..."
8. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"establishment of the kind, the tide of opinion sat full in favour of the Bowery
while the Park was trembling on the brink of ruin." Under the management of ..."
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