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bawty

UK/ˈbɔːti/

bawty noun: a dog.

Noun

bawty (plural bawties)

  1. (Scotland) A dog.
    • Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.
    • Well, he's grown into such a nice bawty.

Examples of bawty in a sentence

  • Some drunken idiot ran over my son's bawty.
  • He's like the wife's bawty—kens naething about it.2008, Alexander Hislop, The proverbs of Scotland:

Forms of bawty

pluralbawties
alternative formbawtie

Questions about bawty

What does bawty mean?
Bawty means a dog.
How do you use bawty in a sentence?
Some drunken idiot ran over my son's bawty.
What part of speech is bawty?
Bawty is a noun.
How do you pronounce bawty?
Bawty is pronounced /ˈbɔːti/ (UK).
What is the plural of bawty?
The plural of bawty is bawties.

Words near bawty in the dictionary

  1. bawsunt
  2. bawtie
  3. bawties
  4. Bawtree
  5. Bawtry
  6. bawty
  7. bawu
  8. Bawudun
  9. Bawule
  10. baww
  11. bawwed

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