Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The bursar or treasurer of a college.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A fuel metering/delivery pump at a
filling station . - noun A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
- noun UK A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word bowser soon became a generic term for a vertical gasoline pump .
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How do you beat the giant bowser at the end of the super princess peach video game for nintendo ds? ive had it for almost a year and i cant pass it!! please help me!!
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Installed it, made the bowser full screen, deleted it.
All-Glass Firefox Enables Slick Transparency Effects | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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"Wowser bowser," said Donald Munro, owner of 10 schools in the north Puget Sound region.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Microsoft insulting users who dare to use another bowser … never, it should read “… arrogant, pompous, self-serving Microsoft …” more like it.
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The laws in Arizona regarding illegal immigration have to do with keeping the amount of people entering the United States under control in order to keep our citizens safe. paul bowser
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Dr. Robutnick (spelling) is also very spherical, as is bowser, and donkey kong when he first appeared.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary #105: “Game Theory” 2008
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Levi: …in Mario I was an interesting departure from the normal bowser villain…
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Chuck’s Zachary Levi and Josh Gomez Talks to Eclipse! 2010
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Do we think "Gooddown," or "Goodstay" would cause him to walk away confused, or that "Goodgirl" would cause a boy bowser to develop a gender identity problem?
Sophia Yin: Animal Behavior: Teaching Rover to Race to You on Cue 2010
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Do we think "Gooddown," or "Goodstay" would cause him to walk away confused, or that "Goodgirl" would cause a boy bowser to develop a gender identity problem?
Sophia Yin: Animal Behavior: Teaching Rover to Race to You on Cue 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word bowser
"The village was empty. The flank of a sleeping dog heaved in the shade of a blue water bowser."
Meander: From East to West, Indirectly, Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal, p 164 of the Bloomsbury USA hardcover edition
August 28, 2012