Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bawbee

/bɔːˈbiː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baw-bee
IPA: /bɔːˈbiː/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A copper; a small amount of money.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots bawbee.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /bɔːˈbiː/

Inflected Forms

bawbees (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce bawbee?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɔːˈbiː/.
What does bawbee mean?: A coin originally worth six pennies Scots, and later three; held equivalent to an English halfpenny.
Where does bawbee come from?: Borrowed from Scots bawbee.

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