In British English I've only heard it used when they talk about
delivering emergency drinking water in a large plastic tank in a metal
frame. Or when a farmer is carrying water to a remote field of
animals.
On 23/11/2015, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ah, that makes sense, Chuck. We’ve called them bowsers in the RAF for
> decades; and they could be carrying fuel or water, or pretty well anything.
>
> Chris
>
>> On 23 Nov 2015, at 13:36, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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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