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bowery

1

[bou-uh-ree]

adjective

  1. containing bowers; bower; leafy; shady.

    a bowery maze.



bowery

2

[bou-uh-ree, bou-ree]

noun

plural

boweries 
  1. (among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat.

  2. the Bowery, a street and area in New York City, historically noted for its cheap hotels and saloons, and populated by people who were destitute and homeless.

Bowery

/ ˈʊəɪ /

noun

  1. a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Bowery

  1. A section of lower Manhattan in New York City.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bowery1

First recorded in 1695–1705; bower 1 + -y 1

Origin of Bowery2

An Americanism dating back to 1640–50; from Dutch bouwerij “farm,” equivalent to bouw “cultivation” + -erij -ery
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bowery1

C17: from Dutch bouwerij , from bouwen to farm + erij -ery ; see boor , Boer
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Example Sentences

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I will likely continue buying classic-fit light hickory bowery pants until they stop making them, or until I never go to an office again.

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"Where falls not rain, nor hail, nor any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery willows, crowned with summer sea."

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A bowery maze that shades the purple streams.

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Some words, though foreign in origin, were easy — as in bowery, which means farm in Holland.

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There are streets and squares and alleys in downtown New York that look now exactly as they did when Times Square was a cow pasture and the Bowery really bowery.

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