bodle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny.
name
  1. A surname from Old English.

Word forms

bodle bodles boddle

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived or worked at a particularly large house, from Old English botl (“dwelling house”).

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