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Bobadils

Bobadils is the plural 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

Questions about Bobadils

What is Bobadils the plural of?
Bobadils is the plural of Bobadil.

Words near Bobadils in the dictionary

  1. Bobadilism
  2. Bobadill
  3. Bobadilla
  4. Bobadillas
  5. Bobadills
  6. Bobadils
  7. Bobai
  8. bobak
  9. bobaks
  10. bobance
  11. bobar

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