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Definition of Bodle
1. n. A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.
Definition of Bodle
1. Noun. A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bodle
1. a former Scottish coin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodle
Literary usage of Bodle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Sir Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"... such as I found in Knoydart (Fig. 82), was reached. <T. S2. —Annular Brooch
from Knoydart, made nf n curtain ring and a bodle - pin. Full size. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"Bodkin-work, a kind of trimming formerly лот on the gown. bodle. A small coin,
worth about the third part of a halfpenny, not " imaginary," a» stated in the ..."
3. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1865)
"Sacred to the memory of CHARLES bodle, late of Milton Cottage, In the Parish ...
To the memory of EDWARD bodle, who died December 9th, 1799, aged 62 vears. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"bodle. A small coin, worth about the third part of a halfpenny, not " imaginary,"
аз stated in the Hallamshire Glossary. North. ..."
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