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bowsiest

bowsiest is the superlative form of bowsy.

Meaning of bowsy

Noun

bowsy (plural bowsies)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) An unsavoury and unreliable (usually male) layabout.
    • —The mockery of it, he said contentedly, secondleg they should be. God knows what poxy bowsy left them off.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Questions about bowsiest

What is bowsiest the superlative form of?
Bowsiest is the superlative form of bowsy.

Words near bowsiest in the dictionary

  1. bowshots
  2. bowside
  3. bowsie
  4. bowsier
  5. bowsies
  6. bowsiest
  7. bowsing
  8. bowsing ken
  9. bowsing kens
  10. bowsing-ken
  11. bowsing-kens

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