Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈbɒbi/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈbɑbi/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
A police officer.
Usage- Australia
- Ireland
- UK usage
- Slang
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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?
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"We are looking at being able to fly [drones] tens of miles from base, which is going to make a huge difference. It is the equivalent of having bobbies on the beat."
A railway signaller.
Usage- Australia
- Ireland
- UK usage
- Slang
Noun
A penis.
Usage- Scotland
- Slang
Cocaine.
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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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
Bad one wanna give man toppy She wanna suck off, follow my crew! On the backroad serving molly, she been battling bad for the bobby Saying she is sick: It's not a flu
A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
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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
The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves.
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.
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My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.
Noun
an informal term for a British policeman
- Broader terms