bawty
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