Associations to the word «Bowery»

Wiktionary

BOWERY, adjective. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.
BOWERY, noun. (archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.
BOWERY, proper noun. A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low social and economic class. (usually the Bowery.)
BOWERY, adjective. (US) (dated) Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.

Dictionary definition

BOWERY, noun. A street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts.
BOWERY, adjective. Like a bower; leafy and shady; "a bowery lane".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats