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Definition of Blowse
1. n. See Blowze.
Definition of Blowse
1. Noun. (obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowse
1. blowze [n -S] - See also: blowze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowse
Literary usage of Blowse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1903)
"Gloss., EDS blowse, s. A red-faced, coarse-looking hoyden. ... Venus compared to
her was but a blowse; Ay, and a beggar too; a trull, ..."
2. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"72. blowse:—If blowsy mean ruddy and fat-faced, the substantive would seem not
... Richardson explains a blowse as " one who has been well blown upon, ..."
3. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"A female with disordered, dishevelled hair, hanging loosely about the face; or
with a loose, broad- bordered un-starched cap. " She's all of a blowse. ..."
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