bobbies
- plural of bobby.
Example Sentences
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"We haven't got bobbies on the beat anymore but what you've got is that whole community working together, replacing that bobby-on-the-beat approach," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
More than 10,000 police officers will be on duty Monday, with London bobbies supplemented by reinforcements from all of Britain’s 43 police forces.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
They’re happier and sharper, and the rooftop concert crackles, down to McCartney ridiculing the bobbies who shut them down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
Rather than stopping the prank, the bobbies simply insisted the Americans don life jackets and be accompanied by a police launch.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2016
The buttons is all well enough, but blue reminds me so of the bobbies that I don’t think I could surwive it long—indeed I don’t!”
From My Doggie and I by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
