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bawbee

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中文翻译与英英解释

n.
〔苏格兰语〕
1.半便士;小钱。
2.〔口语〕小事。

an old Scottish coin of little value

A bawbee was a Scottish halfpenny. The word means, properly, a debased copper coin, valued at six pence Scots (equal at the time to an English half-penny), issued from the reign of James V of Scotland to the reign of William II of Scotland.

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