bawty

English

Alternative forms

• bawtie

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːti/

Noun

bawty (plural bawties)

1. (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

• www.wordplays.com
• The proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop