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▪ I. jowler1 Obs. exc. dial.|ˈdʒəʊlə(r), ˈdʒaʊlə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
A heavy-jawed dog. Used also as quasi-proper name for a dog of this kind.
1679Mulgrave Ess. Satire 109 Jowler lugs him still Through hedges, ditches. 1719D'Urfey Pills II. 331 With deep mouth'd Jowlers too, and Rocks. 1721Bailey, Jowler a Dog's Name. 1755Johnson, Jowler, the name of a hunting dog or beagle. 1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 138 When the jowlers tear him to pieces, he shows fecht, and gangs aff with a snarl.
▪ II. jowler2
Merseyside slang. = jigger n.1 6 c.
1961Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 1154/1 Jowler, a lane between back-to-back houses: Liverpool. 1966S. Kelly in F. Shaw et al. Lern Yerself Scouse 80 When I was young half of me time was spent Up jowlers. |