Definition of Bawley

1. a small fishing smack [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawley

bawds
bawdy-house bottle
bawdy house
bawdyhouses
bawhorse
bawhorses
bawl
bawl out
bawled
bawler
bawlers
bawley (current term)
bawleys
bawling
bawling out
bawlings
bawls
bawn
bawneen
bawns
bawr
bawrel
bawrs
bawsunt
bawtie
bawties

Literary usage of Bawley

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

1. The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the by Frederick Law Olmsted (1862)
"bawleybawley ! wha' 'bout ?—ah !" " Hock ! wha' you doin' ?—(durned sick horse—an't ... Oh, bawley !—(no business to put such a lame hoss into the stage. ..."

2. The Oriental Sporting Magazine: From June 1828 to June 1833. (1873)
"bawley began to scratch his head, and look sheepish—" Stole away i said the Grand ... I don't know what it mains at all," said bawley, scratching away with ..."

3. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States in the Years 1853-1854: With Remarks by Frederick Law Olmsted, William Peterfield Trent (1904)
"bawleybawley! wha' 'bout? — ah!" "Rock! wha' you doin' ?—(durned sick horse—an't ... Bob! I 'll break yer legs, you don't git out the way." " Oh, bawley! ..."

4. Beautiful Accomodation in New South Wales, Australia: The Discerning Guide by Jennifer Marie Lamattina (2004)
"This is certainly the case at The bawley B&B, the creation of hosts Leonie ... It is little surprise that The bawley B&B is so well presented - the hosts ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms in Use in the County by W[illiam] F[rancis] Shaw, W. D. Parish, John White Masters (1887)
"They are half-decked with a wet well to keep fish alive. " Hawley, bawley—Hawley, bawley, What have you got in your ..."

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