Meanings
nounbawty (plural bawties)
plural bawties · alternative bawtie
- ScotlandA dog.
Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.
3 more examples
Well, he's grown into such a nice bawty.
Some drunken idiot ran over my son's bawty.
He's like the wife's bawty—kens naething about it.
2008, Alexander Hislop, The proverbs of Scotland
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bawty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawty
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“bawty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bawty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bawty.
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