towser

name

1. A given name for a dog.

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of touser.

   “’Tis pain to tell thee the Life I lead with him. He’s colder to me, than Adamant to Fire; but let him looſe among my Kitchen-Furniture, my Maids, never was ſeen ſo termagant a Towſer: He loves a naſty, foul-fed, fulſome Drab, and ſcorns the tender Joys my Arms invite him to.”

   ““Heigh!” yelled Noah; “go it, Towser!” / “Is dat your dogue?” shouted the bearward. / “No, not mine,” answered Noah. “He looks a towser, that’s why I called him so. Go it, Towser!””

   “Now I tell ’ee, dearly beloved, ’tedn’ no use to try and cure a drunkard by moderation: you might so well tie up a towser (apron) in the gap to keep the old sow out of the tatties.”

   “A wonnerful bowerly maid her was, an’ a towser for work, an’ ’mazin’ even-tempered tu.”

   “Shin Din Din—great, lion-hearted towser that he is—stands chattering his teeth and regarding her; his mind divided between sympathy for her and the smoldering hatred for his old and reliable enemy, the grey wolf.”