bawbee

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I therefore assumed a coothy and obliging demeanour towards my customers and the community in general; and sometimes even with the very beggars I found a jocose saying as well received as a bawbee, although naturally I dinna think I was ever what could be called a funny man, but only just as ye would say a thought ajee in that way.

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  • But I can tell you it's no a bawbee-wirth o' hair oil that sairs Sandy i' the week. —  My Man Sandy
  • He's naething but a suggestion himsel', an' I'm shure I cud of'en throw him oot, wi' richt gude will Weel, he'd gien Sandy some cure for his fairntickles, an' Sandy, unbekent to me, had gotten something frae the druggie an' mixed it up wi' a guid three-bawbee's-wirth o' cream that I had in the upstairs press. —  My Man Sandy
  • "If Sam Houston's worth one bawbee, he'll stand here and give 'em a fight And so it was. —  American Men of Action
  • "The charcoal you'd get's not worth a bawbee," he complained; "soft stuff would hardly run lead. —  The Three Black Pennys A Novel
  • "And coats won't hang for a bawbee," he went on. —  The Three Black Pennys A Novel
 

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