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bowery
/ˈbaʊəɹi/
noun 2name 2adj 1
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3ADJ.
flowery, little, old, over
BOWERY + NOUN
april, open-air, saturday, suburb
PREP.
in, on, on
Definitions
noun
1
Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.
The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle.
This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15.
adj
1
Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb.
noun
1
In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants.
The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations[…]
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The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle.
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This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15.
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Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb.
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His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants.
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The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations[…]
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We were seen quarrelling this afternoon in a saloon over on the Bowery.
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