blowze
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from the same root as blush.
Noun
blowze (plural blowzes)
- (obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
- c. 1593 William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
- Sweet blowse, you are a beauteous blossom, sure.
- c. 1593 William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “blowze”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)