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bawbees

bawbees is the plural of bawbee.

Meaning of bawbee

Noun

bawbee (plural bawbees)

  1. (Scotland, historical) A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
  2. (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

Questions about bawbees

What is bawbees the plural of?
Bawbees is the plural of bawbee.

Words near bawbees in the dictionary

  1. bawarchis
  2. Bawas
  3. bawbag
  4. bawbags
  5. bawbee
  6. bawbees
  7. bawble
  8. bawbles
  9. bawcock
  10. bawcocks
  11. Bawcom

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