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the_Bowery
Bowery
See also: bowery
English
Proper noun
Bowery
- 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.
- 1919, Frank L. Packard,The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale, ch. 3,
Adjective
Bowery (comparative more Bowery, superlative most Bowery)
- (US, dated) Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.