| 单词 | bawbee |
| 例句 | The tin pot was nicked and never seen again, melted down for bawbees. West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa – live! 2013-01-19T16:41:33Z Now's the day, much more the night, For stickin' to your bawbees tight! Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z It is a mistake to believe that a Scotchman sets a greater value upon his "bawbee" than an Englishman upon his shilling or an American upon his dollar. Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour 2012-01-17T03:00:15.233Z But it's a verra curious thing to me, and I don't care a bawbee about the sound. Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge 2011-12-15T03:00:17.777Z “Put up your bawbees,” he said at length. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z This only increased the crowd, and no beggars in Cairo ever yelled for backsheesh as did those boys for “bawbees.” In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z You will each of you give a silver crown piece; that, and not a bawbee over it. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z He would sell his brother for a bawbee. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z As to that perennial favourite, the bawbee or halfpenny, nothing need be said. Bygone Church Life in Scotland 2011-01-14T03:00:48.713Z Effort, individual effort, is the only thing worth a bawbee. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z He was a man that, if he had parted wi' a bawbee, to save a fellow-creature from starvation, wadna, through vexation, have slept again for a week. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 "Na, na," said Donald; "I will give ye a bawbee, an' if ye are no satisfied, ye can pit my beard back again." Friend Mac Donald All that I have would be a bawbee to him. Jan Vedder's Wife I was wearying for books, and you see, He has sent them to me, without plack or bawbee.” Christine A Fife Fisher Girl I would rather give a man a shillin’ on a day like this than put him off with a derision like a bawbee. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Some young men spend their last bawbee, and just live between ebb and flow. Prisoners of Conscience As for my family, I found it by the wayside like a lost bawbee! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) See the bawbees pile and pour; All the world shall crowd to see! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 Rejoice in the name of Paramount, and the sound of a bawbee shall be no more heard in the land of my nativity.— The Fall of British Tyranny American Liberty Triumphant “Darling Diva and her bawbees, Padre,” said Miss Mapp in an aside. Miss Mapp It is all right to the last bawbee. Prisoners of Conscience And I will remind you this once again, that I have but one shilling and three bawbees.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) And me, too, that's come of decent folk, and brought him a gey pickle bawbees—am I to be on the parish in my auld age? The House with the Green Shutters We desire to get the worth of our bawbee. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly “He’s just as ill as a bit lassie—fair frichtened o’ his auld uncle, now he is deid, that ne’er did him a bawbee’s worth o’ harm while he was alive. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow The Scotchman, with the characteristic foresight of his countrymen, soon saw that to set u16p prudence in the midst of wanton waste, was a sure and ready way to accumulate the bawbees. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves “Catriona,” said I. “I believe you have yet a shilling and three bawbees?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) It was the bawbees, and not the woman, that Gourlay went after! The House with the Green Shutters "It was the toss of a bawbee whether or not I should apprehend him myself when I saw him, and if I had him here your Grace would be the first to admit my discretion." Doom Castle An' a' that e'er my Jenny had, My Jenny had, my Jenny had, A' that e'er my Jenny had, Was ae bawbee. Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc And what for no wait till Saturday, when it may be cleared atween us, plack and bawbee, as it was on Saturday last?” St. Ronan's Well "An' is that my bawbee?" exclaimed the collier. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings He might pick up an item or two while she was getting him the bawbees. The House with the Green Shutters "Her ladyship looks after the bawbees," Lady Anne went on, thinking aloud as usual, rather than talking to Mary. Mary Gray "But 'twas all tatters at the bottom, not worth a bawbee to mine." Strangers at Lisconnel As for the letters at the post-mistress's, as they ca' her, down by yonder, they may bide in her shop-window, wi' the snaps and bawbee rows, till Beltane, or I loose them. St. Ronan's Well "There's the bawbees," said Cupples, laying the orthodox pence on the counter. Alec Forbes of Howglen And a' that e'er my Jenny had, My Jenny had, my Jenny had, A' that e'er my Jenny had, Was ae bawbee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Then you shall be knowin'," goes on Ross, "that yon lassie is all I have left in the world that I care a bawbee for. On With Torchy Muttonwool would think it a waste of good bawbees to put pretty things in the bedrooms, where no one but the family will see them. Town Life in Australia "If Sam Houston's worth one bawbee, he'll stand here and give 'em a fight." American Men of Action If Jewish children no longer had to pay for school editions of The Merchant of Venice should Scottish infants still have to squander their bawbees on a play that insulted their forbears? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 I 've wealth o' lan', Bestow on ane o' worth your han': He thought to pay what he was awn Wi' Jenny's bawbee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Now that I am going the way of all flesh, I have gi'en you every bawbee I have. Winter Evening Tales What was it compared with standing where the full glare of the blazing windows of some public-house fell upon the Rob Roy tartan, with an admiring audience gathered round and bawbees and commendations flying thick? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. The charcoal you'd get's not worth a bawbee," he complained; "soft stuff would hardly run lead. The Three Black Pennys A Novel Even then he said, "Three bawbees is to you to lay by, and one bawbee to Gavinia no to tell." Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood He thought to win, wi' front o' brass, Jenny's bawbee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century If ever you see a stray bawbee Whenever, wherever you roam, Oh, tell him the woe that troubles me so, And say that it keeps me at home. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892 James loaned it with an eager willingness, though he was usually very cautious and careful of every bawbee of his hard-earned money. Scottish sketches The name of one of them, however, the "bawbee," has survived in popular humour. The Pleasures of Ignorance Woodhull's life chance was not worth a bawbee. The Covered Wagon Though ne'er a beauty he had seen But Jenny's bawbee. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century So before me lies an old "bawbee" of my own home city. Civics: as Applied Sociology I did not like the man, but I was tired and had not plack nor bawbee, so I e'en asked him for the place. Scottish sketches In vain the laird assured him it was not a good bawbee--if he would give it up he would get another--it was "guid eneuch" for the like of him. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Remember, I'm still at the receipt o' custom—three bawbees since seeven o'clock.' Wee Macgreegor Enlists A laddie like the one I ha' in mind would be seein' the auld folk countin' every bawbee because they must. Between You and Me But the men that will not do a hand's turn to help the war and take the chance of our necessities to set up a bawbee rebellion are hateful to Goad and man. Mr. Standfast I would rather give a man a shillin' on a day like this than put him off with a derision like a bawbee. Tales and Fantasies You'll never a be worth a bawbee o' your own savin. Anna St. Ives My heart is knocking at my lips, and I'll be saying what I would give my last bawbee to unsay. A Knight of the Nets "If I gie ye a bawbee," said he to an urchin of about ten years old, with a fragment of a tattered plaid about him, "will you understand Sassenach?" Rob Roy — Volume 02 He came in that way at breakfast-time, and got a wallet which he put it in, and returned at dinner-time with the 'bawbee rows' and two loaves. The Antiquary — Volume 01 And to him it was as real a world as that of Mr. Gradgrind, whose vision is shut in by what Burns called "the raised edge of a bawbee." Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough You can become a lickspittle like the rest of them, and no doubt you'll gather a wheen bawbees, but it will be a poor shivering soul will meet its Maker in the hinder end. Salute to Adventurers Many's the Sabbath day I have been only a bawbee Christian, when I ought to have put a shilling in the plate. A Knight of the Nets Better for her to hae been born a cripple, and carried frae door to door, like auld Bessie Bowie, begging bawbees, than to be a king's daughter, fiddling and flinging the gate she did. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Three bawbees the yard at Kyowowy's shop," replied Nanny, promptly, "and your mother sewed it on. The Little Minister She seemed to me to have spent all her days behind a counter, smirking thankfulness to bawbee customers. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family There was likewise the allurement of some compendious show of wild beasts; in short, a swatch of every thing that the art of man has devised for such occasions, to wile away the bawbee. The Provost |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。