bovver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bovver
1965–70; representing Cockney pronunciation of bother (noun), probably originally as a euphemism
Example Sentences
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One woman, wearing red lipstick and bovver boots, says she is overwhelmed.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019
Fleet Street cannot get enough of the craze which means there are numerous headlines based on variations of "hover" and "bovver".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2015
The police box was equipped with a rotating blue light on its Moorish roof and a telephone for bobbies to call in the Depression-era equivalent of an airstrike: truncheon-wielding bovver boys on horseback.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
You know, "Wo' a bloody bovver" and all.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2011
"I don't bovver," he said, with a cross look in the direction of his brother and sister Rochesters.
From The Golden Scarecrow by Sir Hugh Walpole
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