bowsy

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bowsy^¹

adjective bowsier · bowsiest

obsolete Obsolete spelling of boozy In his cups the bowsy poet sings.

bowsy^²

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Probably from above, from being applied to drunkards.

noun bowsies · bowsie

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.
Similar: gurrier, gouger, lout, scanger, ruffian

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@misc{bowsy_2026,
  title = {bowsy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bowsy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}