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bowser

[ bou-zer ]

noun

Australian and New Zealand.
  1. a gasoline pump at a filling station.


bowser

/ ˈ²ú²¹ÊŠ³úÉ™ /

noun

  1. a tanker containing fuel for aircraft, military vehicles, etc
  2. obsolete.
    a petrol pump
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of bowser1

1930–35; said to be after S.F. Bowser and Co., a Sydney manufacturer of gasoline and oil storage systems
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of bowser1

originally a US proprietary name, from S. F. Bowser , US inventor, who made the first one in 1885
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Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed that block “Black Lives Matter Plaza†and had those words painted on the pavement—a show of defiance to Trump during his first term.

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Now in 2025, Bowser has backtracked, announcing that Black Lives Matter Plaza will be no more.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser unless she agrees to remove the famous “Black Lives Matter†mural on a street near the White House.

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Last week, Bowser said she would remove it because “we can’t afford to be distracted by meaningless congressional interference. The devastating impacts of the federal job cuts must be our No. 1 concern.â€

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The faction surging ahead is the Conservative Party, led since 2022 by Pierre Poilievre, a politician who looks like if Toad became an incel because Princess Peach didn’t put out after he helped save her from Bowser’s Castle.

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