Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowpots
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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