Bawbee
an old scottish bullion coin, originally worth about three halfpence of english coin, later sixpence.
a halfpenny.
anything of little value.
historical examples
if sam houston’s worth one bawbee, he’ll stand here and give ’em a fight.
american men of action burton e. stevenson
mr. bawbee being a shrewd, hard-headed scot, had an opinion of his own.
mark gildersleeve john s. sauzade
it doesna make a bawbee’s difference in thora’s liking for jack’s l-ss.
the pilots of pomona robert leighton
well, if you are only going after trinkets, i wouldn’t give a ‘bawbee’ for that kind of fun.
our little scotch cousin blanche mcm-n-s
she seemed to me to have spent all her days behind a counter, smirking thankfulness to bawbee customers.
the ayrshire legatees john galt
as for the wages they got, they were that sma’, folks used to toss up a bawbee to see whether they wad keep a servant or a canary.
erchie (aka hugh foulis) neil munro
now that i am going the way of all flesh, i have gi’en you every bawbee i have.
winter evening tales amelia edith huddleston barr
but it’s a verra curious thing to me, and i don’t care a bawbee about the sound.
boy scouts: tenderfoot squad alan douglas
they couldna imagine a bawbee or a kind word to anybody but themsel’s.
a reconstructed marriage amelia edith huddleston barr
the kist and its contents will be sold for a guinea and not a bawbee less.
the mystery of the sea bram stoker
noun
a former scottish silver coin
(scot) an informal word for halfpenny (sense 2)
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