bene bowse
noun- Why, where is the ken that hath the bene bowse.1566, Thomas Harman, A Caveat Or Warning for Common Cursetors, Vulgarly Called Vagabonds, London: Reeves and Turner, published 1871, page 118:
- This is bene bowse, this is bene bowse, / Too little is my skew. / I bowse no lage, but a whole gage / Of this I'll bowse to you1641–42, Richard Brome, A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars, act 2: