B/o

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Accounting.

brought over.

b.o.

back order.
box office.
branch office.
broker's order.
buyer's option.

B.O.

Board of Ordnance.
Informal. body odor.
Theater. box office.

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Examples from the Web for bo

Contemporary Examples

At Michigan, he would be a formidable recruiter, able to evoke the tradition of his former iconic coach, Bo Schembechler.
Is Any College Football Coach Worth $60 Million? Jim Harbaugh Is
Jesse Lawrence
December 20, 2014
To suspicious artists like Bo Diddley or Jimmy Rogers, it seemed a form of control, with the songs held as hostages.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters
Alex Belth
August 2, 2014
Someone suggested a mashup: Sam- for Sam Battistone Sr. and –bo for Newell Bohnett.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved
Andrew Romano
June 30, 2014
The title track (again, a cover) is an aimless Bo Diddley raveup.
‘High Hopes’ Review: Bruce Springsteen Lowers the Bar
Andrew Romano
January 7, 2014
Zhou, a staunch supporter of Bo, was rumored to have designated Bo as his successor inside the Politburo Standing Committee.
China’s Corruption Purge: The Fall of Zhou Yongkang
Wenguang Huang, Ho Pin
December 12, 2013

Historical Examples

After the first double-barrelled "bo' jou', bo' jou'," they paid no further attention to me.
The Forest
Stewart Edward White
I'm sure he thought of me as Jim for short; so I called him Bo.
Mixed Faces
Roy Norton
Fought so hard that they had to give us a chance, Bo and me.
Mixed Faces
Roy Norton
He would have made as good an auctioneer as his father; a better could not bo.
The English Spy
Bernard Blackmantle
Bo couldn't dispute that, but he demurred as to going in there to shoot them.
Seven Little People and their Friends
Horace Elisha Scudder

British Dictionary definitions for bo

bo

boh

interjection

an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game
slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm

bo

the internet domain name for

Bolivia

BO

abbreviation for

informal body odour
box office

B/O

abbreviation for

accounting brought over
buyer's option

b.o.

abbreviation for

back order
branch office
broker's order
buyer's option

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Word Origin and History for bo

b.o.

n.

abbreviation of body odor, by c.1950; an advertisers' invention.

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Examples from the Web for bo

Contemporary Examples

At Michigan, he would be a formidable recruiter, able to evoke the tradition of his former iconic coach, Bo Schembechler.

To suspicious artists like Bo Diddley or Jimmy Rogers, it seemed a form of control, with the songs held as hostages.

Someone suggested a mashup: Sam- for Sam Battistone Sr. and –bo for Newell Bohnett.

The title track (again, a cover) is an aimless Bo Diddley raveup.

Zhou, a staunch supporter of Bo, was rumored to have designated Bo as his successor inside the Politburo Standing Committee.

Historical Examples

After the first double-barrelled "bo' jou', bo' jou'," they paid no further attention to me.

I'm sure he thought of me as Jim for short; so I called him Bo.

Fought so hard that they had to give us a chance, Bo and me.

He would have made as good an auctioneer as his father; a better could not bo.

Bo couldn't dispute that, but he demurred as to going in there to shoot them.

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