tawpie (from Dictionary.Com)
\ TAW-pee \ , noun;
1.
A foolish or thoughtless young person.
Quotes:
Do ye no hear me, tawpie ? Do ye no hear what I'm tellin' ye?
-- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Weir of Hermiston
You are just idle tawpies.
-- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Profit and Loss
Origin:
Tawpie comes from the Swedish word tåbe meaning "a simpleton."
