Definition of Bowpots

1. bowpot [n] - See also: bowpot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowpots

bowmaker
bowmakers
bowmaking
bowmanship
bowmen
bownd
bownds
bowne
bowned
bownes
bowning
bowplane
bowplanes
bowpot
bowpots (current term)
bowr
bowrs
bows
bows out
bowse
bowsed
bowser
bowsers
bowses
bowshock
bowshocks
bowshot
bowshots
bowsing

Literary usage of Bowpots

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most by Henry Wilson (1842)
"To the east of Temple Bar, the little flower girl is " the herald of spring". She cries " cowslips ! sweet cowslips !" till the screams " bowpots ! sweet ..."

2. China Collecting in America by Alice Morse Earle (1892)
"... a rich decoration of red, blue, and gold, with little flecks of green, the cover pierced with holes to keep the stems of the flowers in place; "bowpots" ..."

3. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"The meanest leaflet among the smoke-tinged denizens of city bowpots, is pregnant " with thoughts that lie too deep for tears. ..."

4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1843)
"... to the great astonishment of his grave neighbours, were suddenly seen to bloom in the sills and bowpots of the darksome and dingy windows of Pool Lane, ..."

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