Meanings
noun
alternative benbouse · alternative ben-bouze · alternative bene bouse · alternative bien bowse
- UKobsoletethieves' cantGood beer.
Why, where is the ken that hath the bene bowse.
1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat Or Warning for Common Cursetors, Vulgarly Called Vagabonds, London: Reeves and Turner, published 1871, page 1181 more example
This is bene bowse, this is bene bowse, / Too little is my skew. / I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you
1641–42, Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, act 2
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