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  • noun Plural form of bowser.

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Examples

  • There were 60 of them plus ladder platform engines, water bowsers, normal fire engines and the usual 12 mile of hose pipes.

    The First Of The Gang To Die. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Look at the floods this month, there are people going round vandalising bowsers and polluting their contents.

    Forget Your Future Plans « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • The down side is that the village bowsers appear to be missing still - this is currently being blamed on the fact that the 'lads' who are delivering all this stuff are liverpuddlians and therefore are lost - I'm assuming this is becuase they have no maps extra of the area and have never been here before rather than it being a slight on the navagational skills of those in Liverpool!

    Snell-Pym » The Big Clear Out 2007

  • Harry Cohen: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) bowsers and (b) portaloos the public sector has access to for utilising in a national emergency situation; whether there are plans to increase those numbers; and if he will make a statement.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • CALLAHAN: Bottled water is fast running out, so people are having to rely on these bowsers that the police have put out for their drinking water.

    CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007 2007

  • Edward Miliband: The Public sector does not have access to a specific number of bowsers and portaloos but each water company holds a stock of emergency equipment.....

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • "We have tried to increase access to water by putting water bowsers in residential areas with the support of UNICEF and other non-governmental organisations," he said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • This hidden camera investigation showed cardboard being used as the main ingredient in a very popular snack called bowsers.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2007 2007

  • And lest we forget, it's Happy Hanukah in Hollywood for the best dressed bowsers in Beverly Hills.

    CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2005 2005

  • It was more efficient to pump the fuel into the division's fuel bowsers, which then motored off to fill the tanks and tracks four or six at a time.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

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