baht

plural bahts · alternative dated bat

1. The official currency of Thailand, equal to 100 satang.

1. Yorkshirenot comparableCheshireWithout.

   c. 1850s–70s, On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at (song)

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   Thear's boan-idle nowbles, baht hahses an' lands, 'at al walk on a carpeted path, an' nivver do nowt wi' ther lily-white hands bud lift uther fowk's jock to ther maath.

   1881, Ben Preston, Dialect and Other Poems, page 19

   Hah's a growing lad to thrive baht jock?

   1884, William Cudworth (of Bradford), Yorkshire Dialect and Character Sketches, page 15

   Jud put'em i' his poke baht sayingk owt. "Nay, mon!" ses Jock, "tha winnat goo hwon baht gieingk me th' brass for th' pattens, wilt a? Thah'rt welly drunk!"

   1886, Robert Holland, A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, page 467

   "Ho'd thi din," cried Dave Berry, thickly. "Ther's noise enew baht thy blether.

   1893, Keighley Snowden, Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds, page 127

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plural bahts

1. YorkshireBout (of an illness, a fight, etc).