Bowsy

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    an unsavoury and unreliable (usually male) layabout. Ireland, colloquial

    "—The mockery of it, he said contentedly, secondleg they should be. God knows what poxy bowsy left them off."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of boozy. alt-of, obsolete

    "In his cups the bowsy poet sings."

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gougergurrierloutruffianscanger

Example

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"In his cups the bowsy poet sings."

Etymology

Probably from above, from being applied to drunkards.

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