bawbee

American  

[baw-bee, baw-bee] / bɔˈbi, ˈbɔ bi /

noun

1. an old Scottish bullion coin, originally worth about three halfpence of English coin, later sixpence.

2. a halfpenny.

3. anything of little value.

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bawbee British  

/ bɔːˈbiː /

noun

1. a former Scottish silver coin

2. an informal word for halfpenny

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Etymology

Origin of bawbee

First recorded in 1535–45; named after Alexander Orok, 16th-century mintmaster, laird of Sille bawby

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Example Sentences

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bawbee

They couldna imagine a bawbee or a kind word to anybody but themsel's.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

That was Dandie’s way; a kiss and a comfit to Jenny—a bawbee and my blessing to Jill—and good-night to the whole clan of ye, my dears!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson

Rejoice in the name of Paramount, and the sound of a bawbee shall be no more heard in the land of my nativity.—

From The Fall of British Tyranny American Liberty Triumphant by Montrose Jonas Moses

Dauvid Kenawee an' Bandy Wobster an' him were stravagin' roond aboot the place wi' a fitrool an' a bawbee can'le, an' I saw immidintly that there was something i' the wind.

From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond

I would rather give a man a shillin’ on a day like this than put him off with a derision like a bawbee.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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