From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.
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(Australia, Ireland, UK, slang) A police officer.
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? 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
"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." 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31:
(Australia, Ireland, UK, slang) A railway signaller.
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 2025 October 31, TT NDO, “Brucky 3style” (1:17–1:25 from the start), ProdbyN0luvjah (music):
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 2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):
A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.
All bobby calves must be fed as close as possible to, and at least within 6 hours of, the time of transportation. 2004, Primary Industries Standing Committee, Cattle, →ISBN, page 21:
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 1970, Great Britain. Milk Marketing Board. Breeding and Production Organization, Report of the Breeding and Production Organization:
The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves. 2002, John Moran, Calf Rearing: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 44:
A banana that is extra small in size.
My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic. 2017 June 14, Sarah Catherall, “I tried to live plastic free for a week and it's impossible”, in The Press:
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hobby bobby (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting) · bobby bean (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting) · bobby-dazzler (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting) · bobby-soxer (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting) · bobby soxer (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting) · bobby socks (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting) · bobby pin (terms derived from either etymologies, or from noun of them. These may need sorting)