bawbee

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UK/bɔːˈbiː/

noun

A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.

OriginScots bawbee →
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Meanings

nounbawbee (plural bawbees)

plural bawbees

  1. ScotlandhistoricalA coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
  2. figurativelyA copper; a small amount of money.

    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.

    2007 July 12, Simon Hoggart, The Guardian

Origin

  1. Scotsbawbee
  2. Scotsbawbee
  3. Englishbawbee

Borrowed from Scots bawbee.

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Cite this entry
APA

bawbee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawbee

MLA

“bawbee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawbee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bawbee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawbee.

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