Bouse vs Sweater - What's the difference?
bouse | sweater |
(nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.
(obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
(obsolete) a carouse; a booze
* Carlyle
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
A similar garment worn for warmth.
One who sweats (produces sweat).
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One who or that which causes to sweat.
*1906 , Chesterton, Charles Dickens ,
*:We learn of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn it from inspectors, we learn it from doctors, we learn it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters ; but we never learn it from the children; we never learn it from the victims.
As nouns the difference between bouse and sweater
is that bouse is cowpat while sweater is a knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.bouse
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
* bowseVerb
(bous)Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- A good bouse of liquor.
