bobby

«bobby» in Mova's school dictionary: A police officer — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bobby, bobbies); proper noun (Bobby, a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) (UK, old-fashioned informal) A police officer. tree →

2) (a name) Bobby is a boy's or girl's name, short for Robert or Roberta. tree →

3) A bobby pin is a small hair grip (US, Canada). tree →

sense in the lessons

In British history and stories, police officers are called bobbies, after Sir Robert Peel, who set up the London police in 1829. People say «a bobby on the beat» for a police officer walking the streets. «Bobby pin» is an American word for a hair clip.

examples

• The bobby helped the lost child find her mum. tree →
• In Victorian London, bobbies walked the streets. tree →
• Police officers are called bobbies after Robert Peel. tree →
• Bobby is my grandad's name. tree →
• She held her fringe back with a bobby pin. tree →
• We need more bobbies on the beat. tree →

note

Plural: bobbies. Friendly British slang; «copper» is another. As a name it has a capital B.

In the corpora

• Oliver's nan calls police «bobbies» after Robert Peel, who set up London's police.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bobby» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.