bobby

See also: Bobby

English

Etymology

From the given name of Sir Robert Peel, who established London’s police force.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒbi/
Rhymes: -ɒbi

Noun

bobby (plural bobbies)

(Britain, slang) police officer
(Britain, slang) railway signaller
(Scotland, slang) penis
(MLE) cocaine
- 2017, Digga D (lyrics), “Next Up?”, performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y):
  Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin
  They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody
  Hold that properly when I bang that dotty
  I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

police officer

French: bobby (fr) m
German: Bobby (de) m
Hungarian: zsaru (hu)

Italian: poliziotto (it), piedipiatti m
Turkish: aynasız (tr)

railway signaller

See also

peeler

References

↑ Hellweg, Paul (1986) The Insomniac's Dictionary, Facts On File Publications, →ISBN, page 108

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