Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Among diamond-dealers, showing a tinge of yellow; off color: applied to diamonds.
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Examples
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Bernard de Marigny brought the dice game Craps to this continent right there in the bywater!
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We are in the Faubourg Marigny, the bywater area, a neighborhood not too far from the French Quarter.
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And climate reconstruction is, despite its press coverage, a small bywater in the world of science. welikerocks
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I spent yesterday inside the city of New Orleans, speaking to a few of the last holdouts in the 9th ward/bywater neighborhood.
vendingmachine commented on the word bywater
I would have never guessed that this word has something to do with the color of a diamond.
March 5, 2016
bilby commented on the word bywater
Sounds like pee.
March 5, 2016