tawpie
English edit
Etymology edit
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian tåpe 'simpleton'
Noun edit
tawpie (plural tawpies)
- (chiefly Scotland) foolish or awkward youngster
- 1787, Robert Burns, Epistle to William Creech:
- Now gawkies, tawpies, gowks, and fools, / Frae colleges and boarding-schools,
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References edit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967