bowery

¹

[ bou-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. containing bowers; bower; leafy; shady:

   a bowery maze.

bowery

²

[ bou-uh-ree, bou-ree ]

noun

, plural bow·er·ies.

1. (among the Dutch settlers of New York) a farm or country seat.
2. the Bowery, a street and area in New York City, historically noted for its cheap hotels and saloons, and populated by people who were destitute and homeless.

Bowery

/ ˈbaʊərɪ /

noun

1. the Bowery
   a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks

Bowery

1. A section of lower Manhattan in New York City .

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowery¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; bower ¹ + -y ¹

Origin of bowery²

An Americanism dating back to 1640–50; from Dutch bouwerij “farm,” equivalent to bouw “cultivation” + -erij -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of bowery¹

C17: from Dutch bouwerij , from bouwen to farm + erij -ery ; see boor , Boer

Example Sentences

I will likely continue buying classic-fit light hickory bowery pants until they stop making them, or until I never go to an office again.

From Forbes

"Where falls not rain, nor hail, nor any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery willows, crowned with summer sea."

From Project Gutenberg

A bowery maze that shades the purple streams.

From Project Gutenberg

Some words, though foreign in origin, were easy — as in bowery, which means farm in Holland.

From New York Times

There are streets and squares and alleys in downtown New York that look now exactly as they did when Times Square was a cow pasture and the Bowery really bowery.

From Project Gutenberg