Bawbee

//bɔːˈbiː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny. Scotland, historical
  2. 2
    an old Scottish coin of little value wordnet
  3. 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."

Synonyms

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bobcrowndollarfarthinggroatguinea

Example

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"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.

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