light bob

noun

A soldier of the light infantry.

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Meanings

nounlight bob (plural light bobs)

plural light bobs

  1. informalA soldier of the light infantry.

    Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and slenderness, was of the Light Bobs. Ensign Spooney, on the contrary, was a tall youth, and belonged to (Captain Dobbin's) the Grenadier Company […]

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
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