an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Australian/New Zealand for "fuel oil pump," 1921, from S.F. Bowser & Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S., founded by the inventor of the gasoline pump, whose product predominated Down Under.
n. a person with a dog face or ugly face. (Typically applied to females.) : Fred went out with a real bowser but said he had a good time anyway.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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