bawty
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːti/
Noun[edit]
bawty (plural bawties)
- (Scotland) A dog.
- Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.
- Well, he's grown into such a nice bawty.
- Some drunken idiot ran over my son's bawty.
- 2008, Alexander Hislop, The proverbs of Scotland[1]:
- He's like the wife's bawty—kens naething about it.
References[edit]
- www.wordplays.com
- The proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop