bobbish

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1. UKdatedslangHearty; in good spirits.

   “How do you do, Mr. Huxter,” the Prince of Fairoaks said in his most princely manner—“I hope you are very well.” “Pretty bobbish, thanky.”

   1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC

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   "The pigs is well," said Mr. Squeers, "the cows is well, and the boys is bobbish. Young Sprouter has been a-winking, has he? I'll wink him when I get back."

   1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC