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bobstick

bobstick noun: a shilling.

Noun

bobstick (plural bobsticks)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A shilling.
    • Crump, having fortified himself with a bobstick of rum slim, moved cautiously among the crowds who bustled along Fleet Street.2010, Maggie MacKeever, The Baroness of Bow Street

Forms of bobstick

pluralbobsticks

Questions about bobstick

What does bobstick mean?
Bobstick means a shilling.
What part of speech is bobstick?
Bobstick is a noun.
What is the plural of bobstick?
The plural of bobstick is bobsticks.

Words near bobstick in the dictionary

  1. Bobson
  2. Bobst
  3. bobstay
  4. bobstays
  5. Bobster
  6. bobstick
  7. bobsticks
  8. Bobsts
  9. bobtail
  10. bobtail flush
  11. bobtail lizard

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