bobby

[US]/ˈbɔbi/
[UK]/ˈbɑbi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. police officer; law enforcement officer; an official responsible for maintaining law and order.

Phrases & Collocations

bobby pins

bobby socks

bobby cut

bobby hat

bobby soxer

bobby dazzler

bobby trap

bobby calf

bobby brown

Example Sentences

Bobby was not unhandsome in his uniform.

Albert's new tie is a bobby dazzler.

And the bobbies will be along instanter.

Bobby had told the barman to put everything on the tab.

Bobby must have it his way and play the game by his rules.

Bobby is going about his homework very seriously tonight.

Bobby finished his homework under his own steam.

When Bobby wouldn't eat his supper, his mother carted him off to bed.

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"It's raining hard enough to put out the very devil's fire. And the bobbies will be along instanter. There's a soldier on guard yonder. We shall get nabbed here."

Real-world Examples

Bobbies are more numerous today than in the mid-1990s, when law-breaking was at its peak.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

" Well, why didn't you say you were bobbies" ?

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

And Hazel told me to secure it with a bobby pin.

Source: The Real Life of Barbie

Do you have a bobby pin? Yeah.

Source: Friends Season 8

You have to use a bobby pin.

Source: Pretty Little Liars Season 3

We don’t like the bobbies round the camp.

Source: 05 Five Go Off in a Caravan

I was glad to see you back with those bobbies so quickly.

Source: 05 Five Go Off in a Caravan

" We're not bobbies, " Williams said, ferociously, and Grant laughed the more, and dragged him from the scene.

Source: One Shilling Candle (Part Two)

So this, I only could wear it in the strip clubs though, it's called an eight inch bobby chain I'm getting.

Source: GQ — 10 Essentials for Celebrities

Because perhaps a lot of, you know, bobbies on the beat, as it were, already have the name badges on and are known.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

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