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

And muckle they hae made o't—the bankrupt body, Sandie Lawson, hasna paid them a bawbee of four terms' rent.”

From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott

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

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

If I was only sure o' your suspeecion, Weelyum, I'd invest every bawbee I have in't.

From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown

The doctor tell't us that my faither had just come to the warst, and that it was just the toss up o' a bawbee whether he lived or died.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

"I'll gie you a bawbee," said Duncan, "an' if that dinna satisfy ye, put on my beard again."

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

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