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tawpie

tawpie noun: foolish or awkward youngster.

Noun

tawpie (plural tawpies)

  1. (Scotland) foolish or awkward youngster
    • Now gawkies, tawpies, gowks, and fools, / Frae colleges and boarding-schools,1787, Robert Burns, Epistle to William Creech

Forms of tawpie

pluraltawpies

Origin of tawpie

Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian tåpe 'simpleton'

Questions about tawpie

What does tawpie mean?
Tawpie means foolish or awkward youngster.
What part of speech is tawpie?
Tawpie is a noun.
What is the plural of tawpie?
The plural of tawpie is tawpies.

Words near tawpie in the dictionary

  1. tawnying
  2. tawnys
  3. TAWOG
  4. Tawonga
  5. Tawonga South
  6. tawpie
  7. tawpies
  8. tawriya
  9. tawriyah
  10. tawriyahs
  11. tawriyas

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