Bawbee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɔːˈbiː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bawbee is a noun meaning (Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
Meaning
(Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) A copper; a small amount of money.
Example Sentences
He said there were already plans for a tramline, and a museum of the theatre. Folk should not, he implied, waste their bawbees on the devil's spinning wheel.
Word Forms
- bawbees
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bodle, ha'penny, make, buck, halfpenny, penny.
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