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[bob-ee] / ˈbɒb i /


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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

She walked to the rear door and took out a bobby pin from her pocket.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

But the report finds bobbies who should be on the beat are behind desks, backfilling for civilian support staff who have been stripped out.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023

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

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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