bobby
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“Tight as a drum”, was how the local beat bobby described the people on his patch.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
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
But when I woke up and took out the bobby pins, I was too shocked even to cry or scream or stomp around the house.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
"We haven't got bobbies on the beat anymore but what you've got is that whole community working together, replacing that bobby-on-the-beat approach," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
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
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
I used to call my two pipes the two bobbies, because they steered straight for their station, and these two did the same office for the piles.
From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman
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