I'd never hear it either. dictionary.com says:
noun, Australian and New Zealand.
1.
a gasoline pump at a filling station.
Origin of bowser
1930-1935
1930-35; said to be after S.F. Bowser and Co., a Sydney manufacturer of
gasoline and oil storage systems
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/22/2015 9:02 AM, ChrisB wrote:
:-) I wondered, as I wrote it, whether “bowser” was common currency Over There.
Chris
On 20 Nov 2015, at 19:42, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks again, Chris. I had to research the use of the word "bowser". Now, my
knowledge of proper English has been expanded. :-)
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