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bob-veal
bob-veal U.S. [bob n.1; cf. staggering bob (staggering ppl. a. 1 d).] The veal of a very young calf. Cf. bobby 4.1855 in De Voe Market Assistant (1867) 421 Butchers call this bob-veal. 1888 San Francisco Weekly Exam. 22 Mar. (Farmer), It is time this traffic in..bob-veal was stopped. 1911 N.Y. Even....
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bobby
▪ I. bobby, n. (ˈbɒbɪ) 1. (With capital initial.) Pet form of Bob, familiar perversion of Robert. 2. [Hence probably in allusion to the name of Mr. (afterwards Sir) Robert Peel, who was Home Secretary when the new Metropolitan Police Act was passed in 1828.] A slang nickname for a policeman. See als...
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