bobbery

[ bob-uh-ree ]

/ ˈbɒb ə ri /

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noun, plural bob·ber·ies.

a disturbance; brawl.

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Origin of bobbery

First recorded in 1810–20, bobbery is from Hindi bāp re “O father!”

Words nearby bobbery

bob, Bobadilla, boba tea, bobbejaan, bobber, bobbery, Bobbie, bobbin, bobbin and fly frame, Bobbin and Joan, bobbinet

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How to use bobbery in a sentence

Silver (my first charger) was very bobbery as usual, and it took a good half-hour to persuade him to enter his truck.
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade|Edward Lord Gleichen
The latter was the individual who fell, who played the copperhead in Eden, and has been kicking up such a bobbery ever since.
Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864|Various
You see, he has the run of all the rows they have had there, and every bobbery that has been kicked up since the Christian era.
My Wife and I|Harriet Beecher Stowe
This mongrel collection is known as 'the Bobbery Pack,' and forms a certain adjunct to every assistant's bungalow in the district.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier|James Inglis

Why did you want to kick up a bobbery, when everything was so nice and peaceful?
Patty's Friends|Carolyn Wells

British Dictionary definitions for bobbery

bobbery

/ (ˈbɒbərɪ) /

noun plural -beries

Also called: bobbery pack a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds

informal a noisy commotion

adjective

informal noisy or excitable

Word Origin for bobbery

C19: from Hindi bāp re, literally: oh father!

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