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bene bowse

bene bowse noun: good beer.

Noun

bene bowse

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Good beer.
    • Why, where is the ken that hath the bene bowse.1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat Or Warning for Common Cursetors, Vulgarly Called Vagabonds, London: Reeves and Turner, published 1871, page 118
    • This is bene bowse, this is bene bowse, / Too little is my skew. / I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you1641–42, Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, act 2

Forms of bene bowse

alternative formbenbouse
alternative formben-bouze
alternative formbene bouse
alternative formbien bowse

Questions about bene bowse

What does bene bowse mean?
Bene bowse means good beer.
What part of speech is bene bowse?
Bene bowse is a noun.

Words near bene bowse in the dictionary

  1. bendy straws
  2. bendy-boy
  3. bendy-boys
  4. bene
  5. Bene Beraq
  6. bene bowse
  7. bene cofe
  8. bene cofes
  9. bene cove
  10. bene coves
  11. bene cull

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