What is a bardie?

Answer 1

Bardy is a beetle larva of Australia (Bardistus cibarius) that bores into plants and is used as food by Aborigines.

As an adjective it means bold, forward or insolent.

Answer 2

A bardy is another term for a bardie - a minior poet or bard, used originally as a self-deprecating epithet by Robert Burns.

Answer 3

A bardie is a minor poet or bard, used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.