bowery
adjective
containing bowers; leafy; shady.
bowery
1 American
[bou-uh-ree]
/ ˈbaʊ ə ri /
adjective
bowery
2
American
[bou-uh-ree, bou-ree]
/ ˈbaʊ ə ri, ˈbaʊ ri /
noun
boweries
plural
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(among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat.
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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
British
/ ˈbaʊərɪ /
noun
Bowery
Cultural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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Example Sentences
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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
The young man's sculls lay idly skimming the surface of the shining water, and his eyes were turned up towards the bowery heights and the romantic ruin which lay to his right.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
"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
Her parents had died, and she had been found a home on Brister Miller's bowery farm.
From Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 by Various
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