"towser" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1768 [1684], Thomas Otway, “The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Soldier’s Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume II ([…]), London: […] C[harles] Bathurst, T[homas] Waller, J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC, act III, scene i, page 326:",
          "text": "’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.",
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          "text": "“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!”",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "A wonnerful bowerly maid her was, an’ a towser for work, an’ ’mazin’ even-tempered tu.",
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          "ref": "1926 December 2, Zamzam [pseudonym], “Shin Din Din. (The Hero of the Movies.)”, in The Springfield Union, volume LXIII, number 334, Springfield, Mass., published 3 December 1926, →OCLC, “On the Firing Line” section (by R. P. M. [pseudonym]), page 12, column 4:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "The wind and rain up on the high ground of the Carn Croft Mine was sharp and relentless and penetrated Sarah Hichens’ hand-me-down, calf-length dress, petticoat, shawl and hessian towser apron and bit into her flesh, adding more misery to her hard life.",
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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "The wind and rain up on the high ground of the Carn Croft Mine was sharp and relentless and penetrated Sarah Hichens’ hand-me-down, calf-length dress, petticoat, shawl and hessian towser apron and bit into her flesh, adding more misery to her hard life.",
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