noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bobby pin
bobby socks
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dave, the bobby , was just the opposite.
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He called for more bobbies on the beat, an end to court delays and reform of prisons.
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He says taking bobbies out of villages lead to more crime.
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Ian Westwood, head of the federation's Manchester branch, blamed the demise of the traditional bobby on the beat.
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Now that they were a block from church she pulled off the kerchief and slipped the bobby pins from her hair.
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Ranging from advice on digging a pond, the importance of the village bobby to controversial political and conservation issues.
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Then I had to make my mind up - you or those bloody bobbies.