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noun British, Australian.
a calf no more than a week old that is sent to be slaughtered.
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Origin of bobby calf
1925–30;
bob (as in
bob veal) +
-y2Words nearby bobby calf
bobble,
bobble hat,
bobblehead,
Bobbsey twins,
bobby,
bobby calf,
bobby dazzler,
bobby pin,
bobby socks,
bobbysoxer,
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How to use bobby calf in a sentence
That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.
Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and Bobby landed a major record deal.
Brooklyn musician Bobby Shmurda, whose ‘Shmoney Dance’ went viral, was arrested today on ‘gang conspiracy’ charges, police said.
I personally knew of fights that went on between Bobby and Robyn during that time.
Before Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston was in a rumored relationship with friend Robyn Crawford.
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Bobby attended this institution of learning with his particular chum and the boys had no end of good times.
When he assails a calf, the cow will rush upon him, and one toss from her horns is sufficient to kill him.
Jess was heartily glad to get rid of her; and it was seldom that she ever felt that way about Bobby.
British Dictionary definitions for bobby calf
noun
an unweaned calf culled for slaughter
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