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bob⋅by
[bob-ee] 
–noun, plural -bies. British Informal.
| a policeman. |
Origin:
1835–45; special use of Bobby, for Sir Robert Peel, who set up the Metropolitan Police system of London in 1828
1835–45; special use of Bobby, for Sir Robert Peel, who set up the Metropolitan Police system of London in 1828
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| bob·by (bŏb'ē) n. pl. bob·bies Chiefly British A police officer. [After Sir Robert Peel, home secretary of England when the Metropolitan Police Force was created in 1829.] |
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Bobby
Bob"by\, n. A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bobby
"London policeman," 1844, from Mr. (later Sir) Robert Peel (1788-1850), Home Secretary who introduced the new Police Act in 1828.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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