Thursday 30th June 2016
Towser
\ [tou-zer]
Noun
1. a big dog.
2. Informal. a big, hearty person, especially one who is very energetic:
He is a towser for rough outdoor work.
Quote
"Leander tells me," said Girling, "that it's a credited legend in dogdom that when
old Mother Hubbard went to her cupboard, there was no bone fit for a towser to
eat in it, but there was a skeleton.
....Horace Annesley Vachell, Nether Applewhite: A Story of Strange Lives in an
English Village 1934
Origin
Towser is formed on the basis of the word touse meaning "to handle roughly;
dishevel" or "to struggle; tussle." It entered English in the mid-1600’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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