left bower
/ˈlɛft ˌbaʊə/Chiefly US
noun
1 Informal. A close friend or trusted assistant; a partner, an accomplice. Used especially to refer to one of two such people; compare right bower. Now rare.
2 Euchre. The jack of the suit which is the same colour as the trump suit, the second (or third) highest-ranking card in euchre.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Scioto Gazette (Chillicothe, Ohio). From left + bower.
- family-owned
- family party
- family pew
- family physician
- family picture
- family piece
- family planning
- family planning clinic
- family portrait
- family practice
- family practitioner
- family resemblance
- family romance
- family room
- family seat
- family service
- family silver
- family-size
- family-sized
- family skeleton
- family style
- family therapist
- family therapy
- family tie
- family tree