bauson

[ baw-suhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a badger (applied contemptuously to people).

Word History and Origins

Origin of bauson¹

1275–1325; Middle English bausen, bauson < Middle French bausen, bauzan, variant of baucent, balcent bausond

Example Sentences

Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.

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