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bowery
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[ˈbaʊəri], (Noun)
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- a street and district in New York City associated with drunks and vagrants
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Origin
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mid 17th century: built on the site of governor Peter Stuyvesant's bowery ‘farm’, from Dutch bouwerij; the district became noted for its cheap lodging houses and saloons
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