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Quotation dates: 1844-1856
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LAUDERDALE, prop.n. The valley of the Leader in Berwickshire. In phrs. Lauderdale bawbee, — ha'penny, see quots.Bwk. 1844 Hist. Bwk. Nat. Club (1849) 102:
You're like a Lauderdale ha'penny, not much worth.Bwk. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes 33:
The hated and obnoxious Duke of Lauderdale, who was at the head of affairs in Scotland's "persecuting times," had, it appears, a principal hand in some detested coinage. The bawbee or ha'penny so issued, soon became base money, and these Lauderdale bawbees were branded with infamy.
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