Towser
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of touser. alt-of, alternative
"’Tis pain to tell thee the Life I lead with him. He’s colder to me, than Adamant to Fire; but let him looſe among my Kitchen-Furniture, my Maids, never was ſeen ſo termagant a Towſer: He loves a naſty, foul-fed, fulſome Drab, and ſcorns the tender Joys my Arms invite him to."
- 1 A given name for a dog.
Example
More examples"’Tis pain to tell thee the Life I lead with him. He’s colder to me, than Adamant to Fire; but let him looſe among my Kitchen-Furniture, my Maids, never was ſeen ſo termagant a Towſer: He loves a naſty, foul-fed, fulſome Drab, and ſcorns the tender Joys my Arms invite him to."
Etymology
From towser, from towse (“to pull about”) + -er.
From towse + -er.
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