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bower1 Nautical a vessel's bow anchor bower2 a jack in euchre and similar card games |
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Boffin's Bower is the name Mrs Boffin christened it when we come into it as a property. Mr and Mrs Quilp resided on Tower Hill; and in her bower on Tower Hill. The place of the oracle was a certain cavity in the mountain side, over which, when Cadmus came thither, he found a rude bower of branches. |
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