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bowyangs

bowyangs is the plural of bowyang.

Meaning of bowyang

Noun

bowyang (plural bowyangs)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A strap worn below the knee, especially by labourers, to keep the trousers up or to stop them stretching while bending.
    • Jack McGrath […] travelled innocently beside his team in his faded red shirt, his moleskins, bowyangs, and heavy boots.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber, published 2003, page 75

Questions about bowyangs

What is bowyangs the plural of?
Bowyangs is the plural of bowyang.

Words near bowyangs in the dictionary

  1. bowwow theory
  2. bowwowed
  3. bowwowing
  4. bowwows
  5. bowyang
  6. bowyangs
  7. bowyer
  8. bowyers
  9. bowyery
  10. box
  11. box and cox

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