bobby

plural bobbies

1. AustraliaIrelandUKslangA police officer.

   If I am wrong, and if Lessingham’s wrong, how do you explain his extraordinary insistence on taking it inside the cab with him, which the bobby describes?

   1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle

   1 more example

   "We are looking at being able to fly [drones] tens of miles from base, which is going to make a huge difference. It is the equivalent of having bobbies on the beat."

   2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31

2. AustraliaIrelandUKslangA railway signaller.

plural bobbies

1. ScotlandslangA penis.
2. Multicultural London EnglishCocaine.

   Bad one wanna give man toppy She wanna suck off, follow my crew! On the backroad serving molly, she been battling bad for the bobby Saying she is sick: It's not a flu

   2025 October 31, TT NDO, “Brucky 3style” (1:17–1:25 from the start), ProdbyN0luvjah (music)

   1 more example

   Bro I’m booky, I’ll take your food if my belly starts rumblin They rap about bootings, they ain’t blammed nobody Hold that properly when I bang that dotty I put sniff in a rex, and I slang that bobby

   2017, “Next Up?”, Digga D (lyrics), performed by 1011 (Digga D x Sav'O x T.Y)

3. A calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or otherwise defective.

   The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves.

   2002, John Moran, Calf Rearing: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 44

   2 more examples

   The already low proportion of Friesian and Hereford Friesian cross calves sold as bobbies declined to almost insignificant proportions and there was a very steep drop in the proportion of bobby calves in the other breeds

   1970, Great Britain. Milk Marketing Board. Breeding and Production Organization, Report of the Breeding and Production Organization

   All bobby calves must be fed as close as possible to, and at least within 6 hours of, the time of transportation.

   2004, Primary Industries Standing Committee, Cattle, →ISBN, page 21

4. A banana that is extra small in size.

   My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.

   2017 June 14, Sarah Catherall, “I tried to live plastic free for a week and it's impossible”, in The Press

alternative Bobbie · alternative Bobbi

1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.

   Legendary soul singer Bobby Womack died Friday, Womack’s publicist said. He was 70.

   2014 June 27, Holly Yan, “Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bobby Womack dies”, in CNN

   1 more example

   It was a real irritation to Robert's parents to hear Adeline call him Bobby. They tried to intimate their disapproval by pronouncing his name very distinctly when they addressed him.

   1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Dundurn Press Ltd, published 2009, →ISBN, page 163

2. A diminutive of the female given name Roberta.