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BAUBEE,

an Halfpenny; as The Cove ript the Maund but a single Baubee let's souse him for it i.e. The Gentleman has given the Beggar but a single Halfpenny; lets plunder him for his Niggardliness.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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To BASTE
BASTONADING
BATTEN
BATTENER
BATTERED BULLY
BAUBEE
BAUBELS
BAWD
BAWDY-BASKETS
BAWDY-HOUSE-BOTTLE
BEAR-GARDEN-DISCOURSE

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).