| 词条 | Bodle |
| 释义 |
A bodle or boddle or bodwell, also known as a half groat or Turner was a Scottish copper coin, of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny, first issued under Charles II.[1] They were minted until the coronation of Anne. Its name may derive from Bothwell (a mint-master).[1] It is mentioned in one of the songs of Joanna Baillie:
The use of the word survives in the anglicised phrase "not to care a bodle",[1] which Brewer glosses as "not to care a farthing". Something similar appears in Burns' Tam o' Shanter (line 110), it is also mentioned:
See also{{Portal|Money}}
In Sunderland, County Durham, in the North of England there is a well known as the Bodelwell. References1. ^1 2 {{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Bodle|volume=4|page=110}}
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