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bawbee

baw·bee
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [baw-bee, baw-bee]
    • /bɔˈbi, ˈbɔ bi/
    • /ˈbɔː.biː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [baw-bee, baw-bee]
    • /bɔˈbi, ˈbɔ bi/

Definitions of bawbee word

  • noun bawbee a former Scottish silver coin 3
  • noun bawbee a halfpenny or any small coin 3
  • noun bawbee an old Scottish bullion coin, originally worth about three halfpence of English coin, later sixpence. 1
  • noun bawbee a halfpenny. 1
  • noun bawbee anything of little value. 1
  • noun bawbee A coin of low value. 1

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Origin of bawbee

First appearance:

before 1535
One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1535-45; named after Alexander Orok, 16th-century mintmaster, laird of Sillebawby

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Parts of speech for Bawbee

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bawbee popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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