Definitions
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- noun Scotland A minor
poet orbard ; used as a self-deprecatoryepithet by Robert Burns. - adjective Rude and insolent;
bolshie . - noun Australia The
edible larva of aninsect .
Etymologies
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From bard + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
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From Noongar language bardi.
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Examples
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Both give brave performances, but it will take them till tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow to be truly at ease in the bardie world.
Curtain Calls 2008
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It seems possible Burns was bi-polar and, if this is the case, his sometimes frenetic sexual pursuits and serial infidelities might not simply be attributable to bardie laddishness or bardic inspiration-seeking.
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You haue bin in Ireland, knowe partlie the Irish con - dition; this is a verie tractable fellowe, and yet of a bardie and stout corage; I am perswaded he is very honest, es - pecially he makes great conscience of his promise and vowe.
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