English Explanatory Dictionary

bowsy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Obsolete spelling of boozy.
noun
  1. An unsavoury and unreliable (usually male) layabout.

Word forms

bowsy bowsier bowsiest bowsies bowsie

Etymology

Probably from above, from being applied to drunkards.

Synonyms

gurrier gouger lout scanger ruffian
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