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bower

[bou-er] / ˈbaʊ ər /


NOUN
rustic dwelling
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As it did in Robert Longbottom’s 2019 production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Into the Woods,” which coincidentally also follows a group of rowdy, mixed-up characters into a supernatural bower.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2022

Both stories of the gabled, 1,500-square-foot house, for instance, are framed at the end of the curving bower like a portrait in a cameo necklace.

From New York Times Sep. 16, 2019

Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower.

From The Guardian Oct. 8, 2018

A friend posted a photo of a botanical bower of a bedroom in Beauport, officially called the Sleeper-McCann House.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2018

Blue flowers hang down in clumps over where she sleeps, making for a richly perfumed bower.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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