bowser

[bou-zer]

noun

Australian and New Zealand.

1. a gasoline pump at a filling station.

bowser

/ ˈbaʊzə /

noun

1. a tanker containing fuel for aircraft, military vehicles, etc

2. obsolete,  a petrol pump

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowser¹

1930–35; said to be after S.F. Bowser and Co., a Sydney manufacturer of gasoline and oil storage systems

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowser¹

originally a US proprietary name, from S. F. Bowser , US inventor, who made the first one in 1885

Example Sentences

The president, not Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser, is commander of the D.C.

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Earlier this year, however, Mayor Muriel Bowser proposed repealing that law and, in mid-August, Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief Pamela Smith gave officers leeway to share information with ICE about individuals they arrested or stopped.

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Her goal, Bowser said, was to provide an off-ramp to more quickly end the state of emergency.

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Bowser, though, is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place.

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So Bowser is left to play the hand she has been dealt, and while it may, in the end, turn out to be a losing one for her and the District, she has nevertheless decided to make a go of it.

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