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bobby
CIDE DICTIONARY
bobby, n.
A nickname for a British policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel , who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bobby, n. (pl. -ies) Brit. colloq. a policeman.
bobby, n. (pl. -ies) (in full bobby calf) Austral. & NZ an unweaned calf slaughtered for veal.
Etymology
Eng. dial.
THESAURUS
bobby
Dogberry, John Law, bluebottle, bluecoat, bull, constable, cop, copper, dick, flatfoot, flattie, gendarme, gumshoe, officer, paddy, peeler, pig, shamus, the cops, the fuzz, the lawFor further exploring for "bobby" in Webster Dictionary Online