bowery

¹ American  

[bou-uh-ree] / ˈbaʊ ə ri /

adjective

1. containing bowers; bower; leafy; shady.

   a bowery maze.

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bowery ² American  

[bou-uh-ree, bou-ree] / ˈbaʊ ə ri, ˈbaʊ ri /

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.

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Bowery British  

/ ˈbaʊərɪ /

noun

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

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Bowery Cultural  

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

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

For years it’s been the place where I have routinely purchased pairs of light hickory bowery pants in a classic fit.

From Forbes • Jun. 15, 2015

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.

From Forbes • Jun. 15, 2015

She let her thoughts ramble away to carpets and curtains, and china flower-pots and Venetian blinds, and little bits of ornamentation, which should transform George's house from its square nakedness into a bowery cottage.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

"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."

From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

Through the winding hedgerows green, How we wandered, I and you, With the bowery tops shut in, And the gates that showed the view!

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Volume II by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett