Bowser vs Ginger - What's the difference?
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A fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.
* 2001 , Michael Gordon, Reconciliation: A Journey ,
* 2008 , Adrian Scott, The Road Gets Better from Here ,
* 2010 , David Nichols, Green Fields, Brown Fields, New Fields , footnote citing 1926 report,
A road vehicle (often a trailer) for the transport of liquid fuel, particularly aviation fuel at an airfield.
* 1962 , The All England Law Reports , Volume 3,
* 2003 , Andy Saunders, No 43 ‘Fighting Cocks’ Squadron ,
(British) A mobile water tank deployed to distribute fresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient.
* 1999 May 12, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) ,
* 2000 , Louis L. Jacobs, Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World ,
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(Irish, slang, used in the vocative) A derogatory term of address for a person similar to buffoon or imbecile.
The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale , used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative.
The plant that produces this rhizome.
Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber
A reddish-brown colour/color.
A person with reddish-brown hair; a redhead.
(colloquial, uncountable) vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character)
To add ginger to.
To enliven, to spice (up).
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 886:
To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion.
To move gingerly.
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* 2009 , Montana Kid Hammer, The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim: The Partnership , AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4389-1998-0,
(UK, Cockney rhyming slang) homosexual.
As a noun bowser
is a fuel metering/delivery pump at a filling station.As a proper noun ginger is
and nickname.bowser
English
Noun
(en noun)page 18,
- ‘Kids are breaking into the service station bowsers' at night, draining out the dregs of petrol from the ' bowser hoses, wandering the streets sniffing petrol from Coke bottles all night,’ he said.
page 165,
- I needed at least fifteen litres more petrol in my tank to reach the next major settlement and, unlike China, there were no shiny new gas stations here with bowsers of different types of petrol to choose from, nor were there pretty young gas girls in nice uniforms ready to fill ‘er up – in fact there were no gas stations here at all; petrol was bought and sold strictly off market in private transactions.
page 309,
- The Moree Municipal Council decided to devote the revenue derived from the rent of the bowser petrol pumps within the municipality for this year, which amounted to forty guineas.
page 435,
- The bowsers then go out to the aircraft and supply them with petrol.
page 107,
- By the time No 43 Sqn was given permission to land it was quite dark, and so to assist the pilots in what were to be difficult night landings two petrol bowsers' were parked to ‘illuminate’ the runway with their dim blackout headlights. Perhaps, all things considered, the use of petrol ' bowsers for this particular task was not exactly wise.
page 588,
- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as hon. Shidie has said, there is no water bowser' in Garissa and he categorically said that there is a water '''bowser''' to supply water to the people of Kulan. Could he give the registration number of this water ' bowser which is supplying water to the people of Kulan?
page 112,
- The water bowser needed filling.
page 29,
- Due to increasing levels of water pollution arising from low flows, water becomes unsuitable for bathing during this period and is satisfied by bowser water supply.
Anagrams
* *ginger
English
(wikipedia ginger)Etymology 1
(etyl) gingere, alteration of gingivere, from late (etyl) gingifer, gingiber (influenced by (etyl) gingibre), from ).Noun
Derived terms
* ginger ale * ginger beer * ginger group * ginger knob * ginger nut * ginger pop * ginger wine * gingerbread * gingerbread man * gingerette * gingerroot * gingersnap * gingery * Jamaica ginger * stem ginger * wild gingerDerived terms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up.
Derived terms
* ginger upSee also
* parkin * redhead * shandy * shandygaff * turmeric *Etymology 2
Verb
(en verb)page 42:
- Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.
- She gingered her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.
page 11:
- I gingered my hands into my grandfather’s [boxing] gloves.
page 47:
- Takin’ good care not to topple into the depths o’ this muddy ol’ ooze, I gingered my way across the muddy path along the river’s edge until I arrived at that big hat.
