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Definition of Bowsing
1. bowse [v] - See also: bowse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowsing
Literary usage of Bowsing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"(From old cant bowsing, bowsing ken, low tavern.) boussole, sb. f. Head, nut.
Perdre la boussole, to lose one's head. Il a perdu la boussole, he is crazy, ..."
2. Poems and Songs, Gaelic and English by Mary Cameron Mackellar (1880)
"bowsing THE JIB. DEDICATED TO ALL THE WIVES WHO REFORM THEIR HUSBANDS WITH THE
SPELL OP LOVE. I ONCE was a jovial chap, social and happy, Wha lo'ed wi' a ..."
3. Suffolk Deeds by Suffolk County (Mass.), John Tyler Hassam (1896)
"... Henchman of said Boston Merchant Seuerall Lands Wharfs & bowsing, ... more were
Extended vpon the Estate in Wharfs bowsing & Land belonging to mee the ..."
4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1850)
"00 It: bowsing and land in Hartford bounds, . . 400. 00. 00 2854. 00. 00 Debts
owing by this estate, about 971. ..."
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