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bowery en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaʊəɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English bower Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bowery From bower + -y.

Meanings

1. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
   • Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb. 1906, George Gissing, “Fate and the Apothecary,”, in The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories:

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Relateds

bower

Translations (5)

mk пошумен (Sheltered by trees; leafy) · bg зашумен (Sheltered by trees; leafy) · cs stinný (Sheltered by trees; leafy) · cs listnatý (Sheltered by trees; leafy) · bg сенчест (Sheltered by trees; leafy)

bowery en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaʊəɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English bower Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bowery From bower + -y.

Meanings

1. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
   • This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15. 2017, Lacie Kotter, “Howell Hotline - Awaiting a welcome sign,”, in The Herald Journal:
   • The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle. 2005, Martha Sonntag Bradley-Evans, “Evolving Roles and Diverse Expressions”, in Women in Utah History: Paradigm Or Paradox, University Press of Colorado:

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bowery en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈbaʊəɹi/

Etymology

From bower + -y, calque of Dutch bouwerij.

Meanings

1. (archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
   • The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations[…] 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
   • His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants. 1809, Washington Irving, chapter 65, in Knickerbocker's History of New York:

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