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the_Bowery

Bowery

See also: bowery

English

Proper noun

Bowery

  1. A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low social and economic class. (usually the Bowery.)
    • 1919, Frank L. Packard,The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale, ch. 3,
      We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery.

Adjective

Bowery (comparative more Bowery, superlative most Bowery)

  1. (US, dated) Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.

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