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▪ I. † bowger1 Obs. [prob. a. OF. *bougier, f. bouge, bag, wallet: see bouge. Cf. boucher, bowser1.] A purser, treasurer.
c1450Gregory's Chron. 139 At the same tabylle the bowgerys of the chancery. ▪ II. † bowger2 The name in St. Kilda of the Puffin.
1698Martin St. Kilda (1753) 34 (Jam.) The Bowger, so called by those in St. Kilda..is of the size of a pigeon. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 485. |