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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BAWSER, n. A “basser,” one who speaks with a bass voice. [′bǫsər]Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 59:
No Knap had any taste for contralto, tenor, or alto: every one must be “a bawser.”