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bobolink
bobotie
Bobotov Kuk
bobsled
bobsleigh
bobstay
bobtail
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bobby
bob·by [ bóbbee ] (plural bob·bies)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. police  ( informal dated )
Same as  policeman
[Mid-19th century. < pet form of Robert, after Sir Robert Peel, who introduced the 1828 Police Act]
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