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- adjective
Sheltered bytrees ;leafy ;shady . - noun archaic In the early
settlements of New York State, USA, afarm orestate .
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Examples
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The word "bowery" is Dutch for farm, and the property was once "the Dutch West India Company farm, in the wilderness of what is now the East Village," Shorto said.
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The word "bowery" is Dutch for farm, and the property was once "the Dutch West India Company farm, in the wilderness of what is now the East Village," Shorto said.
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Then he returned to America and spent the rest of his life quietly on his farm, or "bowery" as it was called in Dutch.
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917
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Prince Akuli's limousine had broken an axle a quarter of a mile away, and he and I had sought shelter from the sun in this veritable bowery of a mountain home.
SHIN-BONES 2010
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"Parallel with the street," wrote the topographer HW Timperley in the 1930s, "and a bowshot from it, the Kennet rolls its deep and clear chalk waters beneath the bowery margins of a score of pleasant gardens ..."
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Jan 31st, 2008 at 1: 12 pm simon there is a conveyor belt sushi place in the whole foods on bowery
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We have this twisted notion of what an alcoholic looks like, that it ` s some bowery (ph) bum warming their hands over a fire in some skanky part of town, which is not true.
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Sometime between 9:30pm and 10:30pm you photographed my bike outside of the the bowery/houston whole foods, wrote a note on it(that is now barely legible because the pen you used smudges), and put it in my spokes(which I didn't find until around 11:30 pm, at which point i got really excited).
Wheel of Misfortune: Getting What You Deserve BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Tagged with 190 bowery, architecture, jay maisel, new york city
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There on his farm, or bowery, as the Dutch called it, he spent a few quiet, happy years.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
mikeropology commented on the word bowery
yesh! ..way to put down a whole neighbourhood, wordie :(
January 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bowery
Don't blame Wordie--that's WordNet's (or as we call it, WeirdNet's) definition.
January 14, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word bowery
WeirdNet definitions are there as a spur to conversation and discussion... so thanks for posting, mikeropology! Are you from the Bowery, or have you lived there?
January 14, 2008
john commented on the word bowery
I used to live not far from the Bowery. That definition was certainly correct for decades, and I think the notion of the "Bowery bum" became so commonplace that the term transcended geography. Personally I think the WordNet def above is relevant, even if it's not so accurate these days.
Nowadays the Bowery is better known for restaurant supply stores.
January 14, 2008
mikeropology commented on the word bowery
Yay, I got people talking about this! It was a college haunt of mine; Bowery Ballroom, CBGB's, Canal Street.. but I really just like the sound of the word. Its historical origins are kinda interesting too ("bouwerij" being old Dutch for farm).
January 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bowery
Mikeropology, have you read The Island at the Center of the World? Great book--and the author (Russell Shorto) includes quite a bit of information on phrases & words from the original Dutch colony of New York that have made it into American English.
Recommended to me by none other than chained_bear. :-)
January 14, 2008
uselessness commented on the word bowery
This is my favorite WeirdNet definition ever. Academic and impartial as always. ;-)
January 15, 2008