bodle

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Not one bodle--not one coin of copper!

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  1. A Scotch copper coin first issued under Charles II., and worth at that time 2d. Scotch, or one sixth of an English penny; hence, a very small coin. The name turner was also applied to it. I care not a brass boddle for the feud. Scott, Abbot, II. xiii.

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  • So I looked around my house to see things I'd started & hadn't finished &, before leaving the house this morning, I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of shhhardonay, a bodle of Baileys, abutle of vocka, a pockage of Pringlies, tha mainder of a botl Prozic and Valumscriptins, the res of the Chesescke an a box a chocolets. —  Clipmarks | Live Clips
  • So I looked around my house to see the things I had started and hadn't finished and, before leaving the house this morning, I finished a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of shhhardnay, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of vodka, a pockage of Prunglies, the mainder of bot Prozie and Valum scriptins, the res of the chesescke an a box a chocolets. —  Geekzone: IT, mobility, wireless and handheld news
  • Not one bodle--not one coin of copper! —  The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
  • The race o' them never brocht ocht in my generation to puir Scotland worth a bodle, unless it micht be a new fricassee to fyle a stamach wi'. —  Doom Castle
  • This was uttered with the true mendicant whine, as, setting his pike-staff before him, he began to move in the direction of Monkbarns.--"But did your honour," turning round, "ever get back the siller ye gae to the travelling packman for the bodle Curse thee, go about thy business Aweel, aweel, sir, God bless your honour! —  The Antiquary — Complete
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  1. Scots, also written boddle; said to be derived from the name of a mint-master named Bothwell. Cf. atchison and bawbee.
 

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