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Definition of Blowze
1. n. A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
Definition of Blowze
1. Noun. (obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowze
1. a beggar girl [n -S]
Medical Definition of Blowze
1. A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench. Origin: Prob. From the same root as blush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowze
Literary usage of Blowze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected ...by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large
frizzled wig, ora woman whose hair is dressed a-la-blowze. OYSTER. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"blowze.—Blush. To come into flower, to show flower. ... A girl whose face looks
red by running abroad in the wind and weather is called a blowze, ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"blowze, *. -ED. Seems app. to—One who has been well blown upon, who has been
exposed to blowing winds ; who has a coarse, ruddy bloom ; a highly coloured ..."
4. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"blowze. A female with disordered, dishevelled hair, hanging loosely about the
face; or with a loose, broad- bordered un-starched cap. ..."
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