Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old name of the badger: sometimes applied ludicrously or in contempt to a fat or pertinacious person.
- Same as
bausond .
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Examples
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Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill. —
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Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.
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Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
qms commented on the word bauson
According to popular notion
They forage with fiercest devotion.
Thus folklore assured it,
That one who’s obdurate
Be known as an obstinate bauson.
January 4, 2018