Bowser
a gasoline pump at a filling station.
Contemporary Examples
There’ are Gray Shadows in Tuesday’s DC Primary Eleanor Clift March 30, 2014
There’ are Gray Shadows in Tuesday’s DC Primary Eleanor Clift March 30, 2014
Erbie Bowser: A ‘Gentle Giant’ Who Snapped Christine Pelisek August 8, 2013
Erbie Bowser: A ‘Gentle Giant’ Who Snapped Christine Pelisek August 8, 2013
20 Years After Marion Barry, D.C. Voters Boot a Scandal-Tainted Mayor Ben Jacobs April 1, 2014
Historical Examples
Bowser The Hound Thornton W. Burgess
Mother West Wind “How” Stories Thornton W. Burgess
Old Granny Fox Thornton W. Burgess
The Underdog F. Hopkinson Smith
Bowser The Hound Thornton W. Burgess
noun
a tanker containing fuel for aircraft, military vehicles, etc
(Austral & NZ, obsolete) a petrol pump
n.
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- Bowser-bag
doggy bag.
- Bowser-boat
a small boat having gasoline tanks for refueling seaplanes.
- Bowsie
noun (Irish, informal) a low-class mean or obstreperous person a drunkard
- Bowtel
boltel (def 1).
- Bowwow
the bark of a dog. an imitation of this. Chiefly Baby Talk. a dog. Historical Examples The Record of Currupira Robert Abernathy A dog (1890s+) An unattractive or obnoxious young woman; dog (1970s+) A frankfurter (1900+)