bowery

¹ 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 ² American  

[bou-uh-ree] / ˈbaʊ ə ri /

adjective

1. containing bowers; bower; leafy; shady.

   a bowery maze.

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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

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

Origin of bowery¹

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

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

His talk, when he rambled, had been all of "bowery willows crowned with summer sea," and of the rest of the exquisite imagery with which he had mentally surrounded Edge Combe in his holiday dreams.

From Project Gutenberg

A bowery maze that shades the purple streams.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From New York Times

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.

From Project Gutenberg