Bawbee
/bɔːˈbiː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny. Scotland, historical
- 2 an old Scottish coin of little value wordnet
- 3 A copper; a small amount of money. figuratively
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Scots bawbee.