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baw-ways, bawways, adv. and quasi-a. Anglo-Irish.|ˈbɔːweɪz|
[Origin of first element uncertain; cf. Sc. baw(w)aw side-glance of contempt or scorn. For the formation cf. edgeways, endways, etc.]
Crookedly; leaning awkwardly, leaning to one side; sideways.
1907J. Joyce Let. 1 Mar. (1966) II. 218 Scholz's five crown cloak hung bawways on me. 1922― Ulysses 297 Little Alf was knocked bawways. 1944Béaloideas XIV. 164 [South-West Dublin Glossary] Baw-ways (aw as in bawl). Crooked or leaning to one side. ‘That hay-reek is badly built; it's all baw-ways.’ 1947Ibid. XVII. 264 [North-County Dublin Glossary] Baw-ways. Crooked. Awkwardly. He did it baw-ways = wrong. |