bawbee

noun — 2 senses

noun

UK /bɔːˈbiː/

Etymology Borrowed from Scots bawbee.

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

Figuratively A 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:

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