Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bow-window in Front

(A ) A big corporation.

“He was a very large man, ... with what is termed a considerable bow-window in front.” —Capt. Marryat: Poor Jack, i.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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