bobby
See also: Bobby
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒbi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑbi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒbi
Etymology 1
editFrom the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.[1]
Noun
editbobby (plural bobbies)
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A police officer.
- 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- If I am wrong, and if Lessingham’s wrong, how do you explain his extraordinary insistence on taking it inside the cab with him, which the bobby describes?
- (British, Ireland, Australia, slang) A railway signaller.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
editpolice officer
railway signaller
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See also
editReferences
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editbobby (plural bobbies)
- (Scotland, slang) A penis.
- (MLE) Cocaine.
- 2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):
- Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin
They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
Hold that properly when I bang that dotty
I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby
- A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
- 1970, Great Britain. Milk Marketing Board. Breeding and Production Organization, Report of the Breeding and Production Organization:
- The already low proportion of Friesian and Hereford Friesian cross calves sold as bobbies declined to almost insignificant proportions and there was a very steep drop in the proportion of bobby calves in the other breeds
- 2002, John Moran, Calf Rearing: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 44:
- The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves.
- 2004, Primary Industries Standing Committee, Cattle, →ISBN, page 21:
- All bobby calves must be fed as close as possible to, and at least within 6 hours of, the time of transportation.
- A banana that is extra small in size.
- 2017 June 14, Sarah Catherall, “I tried to live plastic free for a week and it's impossible”, in The Press:
- My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.
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