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Bobadill

Bobadill is the alternative form of Bobadil.

Meaning of Bobadil

Noun

Bobadil (plural Bobadils)

  1. A swaggering boaster.
    • But in a minute they came out again, apparently satisfied, and crowded down stairs; whereon the man behind the curtain laughed again, and swaggering out, Bobadil-like, shook his fist with furious gestures after them.1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XII, in Shrewsbury

Forms of Bobadill

pluralBobadills

Questions about Bobadill

What is Bobadill the alternative form of?
Bobadill is the alternative form of Bobadil.

Words near Bobadill in the dictionary

  1. Bobadah
  2. Bobadil
  3. Bobadilian
  4. Bobadilish
  5. Bobadilism
  6. Bobadill
  7. Bobadilla
  8. Bobadillas
  9. Bobadills
  10. Bobadils
  11. Bobai

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