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Definition of Bawbee
1. Noun. An old Scottish coin of little value.
Definition of Bawbee
1. n. A halfpenny.
Definition of Bawbee
1. Noun. (Scotland historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A copper; a small amount of money. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bawbee
1. a Scottish coin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bawbee
Literary usage of Bawbee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"Quo' he, ' My goddess, nymph, and queen, Your beauty's dazzled baith my een ;'
But de'il a beauty he had seen But—Jenny's bawbee. ..."
2. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of by Robert Chambers (1844)
"Quo' he, ' My goddess, nymph, and queen, Your beauty's dazzled baith my een ;'
But de'il a beauty he had seen But—Jenny's bawbee. ..."
3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1881)
"1 turn'd it roun' an' roun' wi' pride, syne toddled atf wi' glee, To spend on
something that was guid, my first bawbee. 0 nane, 1 trew, in a' the earth, ..."
4. The Scottish Poets Recent and Living by ALEXANDER G. MURDOCH (1883)
"MY FIRST bawbee. 0 NANE, I trew, in a' the earth, was happier than me, Wlien in
my wee breeks pouch I gat my first bawbee ..."
5. Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale by A. Nimmo (1882)
"THE BONNIE bawbee ! WHAT a wonderfu' thing is the face of a king, Even on copper
to see; It pleases the child, and auld age is beguiled, By the aid of the ..."
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