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bobby Definition

bobby (bäbē)

noun pl. -·bies

Brit., Informal a British policeman

Etymology: after Sir Robert Peel, nicknamed Bobby, who reorganized the London police force

bobby Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • beat: Did you have a local bobby on the beat?
  • street: Remove powers from the bobbies on the street so that they are free to police the streets for violent crime.

Converse of object

  • defeat: King defeated bobby in the worldlas never seen anything.
  • approve: It also has a database of bobby approved websites.
  • put: Or thinking which said that there's only one way to cut crime, and that's to put more bobbies on the beat.
  • see: People at stake construction trend are never seen a older brother bobby.
  • have: Did you have a local bobby on the beat?
  • beat: The Tile Hill sector house will allow beat bobbies and detectives to station themselves in the heart of the community they serve.

Adjective modifier

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  • local: Did you have a local bobby on the beat?
  • British: Similarly, a British bobby could operate in France.
  • more: More bobbies on the beat, more teachers, better health.

Modifies a noun

  • baldwin: Ranging from a of the best bobby baldwin mike.
  • labonte: See streaks where for bobby labonte be lucky to pit stops will.
  • dazzler: I love it, he loves it, and looks a bobby dazzler.
  • mike: Ranging from a of the best bobby baldwin mike.
  • sock: Some psychologists explain such aberrations as being akin to the crowd behavior mechanism at work in the " bobby sox craze.
  • pin: No, most likely it's the tip of a bobby pin.

Noun used with modifier

  • beat: SchNEWS reckons a year is quite a short time for a beat bobby to be promoted to an anti-terrorist unit.
  • village: The village bobby might have ' had a quiet word ' or clipped someone round the ear.

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