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• bobby
  bobby

  noun

  a policeman.
• Bobby
  Bobby

  noun

  a first name, often a form of Robert or Roberta.

bobby

¹ American  

[bob-ee] / ˈbɒb i /

noun

British Informal.

• bobbies
  plural

1. a policeman.

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Bobby ² American  

[bob-ee] / ˈbɒb i /

Or Bobbie

noun

1. a first name, often a form of Robert or Roberta.

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bobby British  

/ ˈbɒbɪ /

noun

1. informal a British policeman

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bobbies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bobby

1835–45; special use of Bobby, for Sir Robert Peel, who set up the Metropolitan Police system of London in 1828

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Example Sentences

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bobby Bobby bobbies

But Schwartz told me that he sees even this kind of damage most often when people use bobby pins or small spatulas to clean their ears.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2023

The bathroom is stocked with Listerine, Lubriderm lotion and bobby pins; the fridges teem with Red Bull, baby carrots and a wide selection of juices.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

As for making yourself unpopular, you might as well show up to a university lecture wearing Christopher Robin shorts and white bobby socks as be accused of anthropomorphism.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022

I think there’s tape, safety pins and bobby pins all behind that brooch holding it together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

Brenda had her lip stuck out because Ellie had gotten a pair of panty hose in her Christmas stocking and she had only bobby socks.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

According to People sources, Carmine is a “nod” to Cuoco’s father, while Bobby is a tribute to Pelphrey’s side of the family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The old Wallace Beery–Jackie Cooper version was typical of Hollywood’s covering the classics; Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll were Disneyfied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

And then, of course, the conversation must turn to Sir Bobby Charlton, who survived the Munich Air Disaster with Manchester United in 1958 to become arguably England's most famous footballer of his era.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Bobby Kennedy’s work for social justice was rooted in his Catholicism.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

Bobby looked more like a farm boy from Kansas than a kid from the streets of Brooklyn.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

So, for many parties the promise of more bobbies on the beat is a popular one.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2017

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

Why, at one time it took ten bobbies to keep him from mauling a lot of Christian gentleman that had taken the oath and kissed the Bible over and over again.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Walter Runciman

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