"bowlder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bowlders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bowlder (plural bowlders)
  1. Dated form of boulder. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: boulder
    Sense id: en-bowlder-en-noun-e9a6632r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1920, Harold Bindloss, Lister's Great Adventure",
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          "ref": "1924, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 6, in Tarzan and the Ant Men, 1st edition",
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