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bobbery
[ bob-uh-ree ]
noun
- a disturbance; brawl.
bobbery
/ ˈbɒbərɪ /
noun
- Also calledbobbery pack a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- informal.a noisy commotion
adjective
- informal.noisy or excitable
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Origin of bobbery1
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Origin of bobbery1
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Example Sentences
Silver (my first charger) was very bobbery as usual, and it took a good half-hour to persuade him to enter his truck.
The latter was the individual who fell, who played the copperhead in Eden, and has been kicking up such a bobbery ever since.
You see, he has the run of all the rows they have had there, and every bobbery that has been kicked up since the Christian era.
This mongrel collection is known as 'the Bobbery Pack,' and forms a certain adjunct to every assistant's bungalow in the district.
Why did you want to kick up a bobbery, when everything was so nice and peaceful?
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