different between blowse vs blowie

English

Alternative forms

• blouse
• blowess
• blowze

Etymology

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Noun

blowse (plural blowses)

1. (obsolete) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.

Derived terms

• blowsy

References

• blowse at OneLook Dictionary Search
• blowse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Belows, Blowes, Bowles, Lebows, blowes, bowels, bowles, elbows

English

Etymology

From blow +? -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

Noun

blowie (plural blowies)

1. (sex, slang) A blow job.
   • 2008, Shane Lindemoen, Empire Dirt, Fallen Publishing, page 91:

     "I said," my friend says on the phone, "I can call the cops and have you arrested or you can give me a blowie."

   • 2010, Zoe Foster, Playing the Field, Round 23: The Enchantress vs The Press, unnumbered page,

     ‘A brothel. Anyway, they got kicked out ?cos one of them – not Josh – took photos on his mobile of some bird giving him a blowie, and she flipped out.’

2. (Australia, slang) A blowfly, Lucilia cuprina.
   • 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 50:

     Mouths are clamped shut to keep out blowies, with a slit at the corner prised open in case speech - preferably laconic - is necessary; miseries are borne with a stoical shrug.

3. (Australia, slang) The common toadfish, Tetractenos hamiltoni.

Anagrams

• lowbie