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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BAWJEE, n. See quot.Gsw. 1870 G. Henderson Recollections (1914) 35:
Bawjee was a term used when two wished to join a game, such as rounders, after the sides had been picked. When two came “in a bawjee” they offered to the leader of one of the sides an alternative such as, whether will you have “a cock or a hen”, and according to his choice he got the one who had arranged to take the name in question.

[Orig. obscure.]