Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A beggar's trull; a beggar wench; a wench.
- noun A ruddy, fat-faced wench; a blowzy woman: applied in Shakspere to an infant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a
wench .
Etymologies
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Probably from the same root as blush.
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Examples
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This I approve; but of the other two I resolve with Salisburiensis, caeteris paribus, both rich alike, endowed alike, majori miseria deformis habetur quam formosa servatur, I had rather marry a fair one, and put it to the hazard, than be troubled with a blowze; but do as thou wilt, I speak only of myself.
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On the other hand, this site says 'Blouse' has for 300 years or more been English slang for a very unseemly woman, from 'blowze', which was slang for a slovenly woman, prostitute or 'beggars wench' as the OED quaintly puts it.
minerva commented on the word blowze
See also blowzed.
January 2, 2008
mercy commented on the word blowze
A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench.
July 17, 2008