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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