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bowser

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbaʊzə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bou′zər)

bow•ser (bou′zər),USA pronunciation n. [Australian and New Zealand.]

British Termsa gasoline pump at a filling station.

said to be after south, southern.French. Bowser and Co., a Sydney manufacturer of gasoline and oil storage systems 1930–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bowser /ˈbaʊzə/ n

a tanker containing fuel for aircraft, military vehicles, etc
Austral NZ obsolete a petrol pump

Etymology: originally a US proprietary name, from S. F. Bowser, US inventor, who made the first one in 1885

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