1 a bothy song 20-.
2 a bothy-dwelling farm worker: He travelled round the farms, round the bothies, selling his wire puzzles to the bothie loons [young men] or the cornkisters as we would say... la20-. etymology: Scots; ‘a song sung at farmworkers’ gatherings’; sense 1 attested by JMacB; sense 2 attested by ED in TN