bowery
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/
adj
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.
- Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
“Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb.”
name
Etymology: From Dutch bouwerij (“farm”).
- A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.
“We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery.”
“[…] sewer people, derelicts, bag ladies, undergrounders, and Bowery bums. Whatever the cause of their illness, as in Scanners, homeless people are victims but, more importantly, a threat to be eliminated.”
noun
Etymology: From bower + -y, calque of Dutch bouwerij.
- In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
“His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants.”
“The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations[…]”