tawpie

Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian tåpe 'simpleton'

tawpie (plural tawpies)

1. (chiefly Scotland) foolish or awkward youngster
   • 1787, Robert Burns, Epistle to William Creech:

     Now gawkies, tawpies, gowks, and fools, / Frae colleges and boarding-schools,

• taupie

• boy, lad
• rascal, rogue, scamp
• wag

• “tawpie” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.