Meaning of bowlas | Babel Free

Definitions

Round tarts of sugar, apple and bread, sold in the streets.

obsolete, plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

“Among the regular articles of this street-sale are "Coventrys," or three-cornered puffs with jam inside; raspberry biscuits; cinnamon biscuits; "chonkeys," or a kind of mince-meat baked in crust; Dutch butter-cakes; Jews' butter-cakes; "bowlas," or round tarts made of sugar, apple, and bread; "jumbles," or thin crisp cakes made of treacle, butter, and flour; and james, or open tarts with a little preserve in the centre.”

CEFR level