B/o
- brought over.
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b.o.
- back order.
- box office.
- branch office.
- broker's order.
- buyer's option.
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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.
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.
Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once LovedAndrew Romano
June 30, 2014
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.
The ForestStewart Edward White
I'm sure he thought of me as Jim for short; so I called him Bo.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
Fought so hard that they had to give us a chance, Bo and me.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
He would have made as good an auctioneer as his father; a better could not bo.
The English SpyBernard Blackmantle
Bo couldn't dispute that, but he demurred as to going in there to shoot them.
Seven Little People and their FriendsHorace Elisha Scudder
bo
boh
- an exclamation uttered to startle or surprise someone, esp a child in a game
- slang an exclamation of encouragement or an expression of enthusiasm
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bo
- Bolivia
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BO
- informal body odour
- box office
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B/O
- accounting brought over
- buyer's option
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b.o.
- 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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