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bovvers

bovvers is the plural of bovver.

bovvers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bovver.

Meaning of bovver

Noun

bovver (countable and uncountable, plural bovvers)

  1. (UK, slang) Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
    • In London there are some thirty gangs of “bovver birds,” violence-prone girls who roam the streets in packs attacking almost any vulnerable object for no apparent reason other than the sheer thrill of it.1976, Freda Adler, Herbert Marcus Adler, Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal, page 100

Questions about bovvers

What is bovvers the plural of?
Bovvers is the plural of bovver.

Words near bovvers in the dictionary

  1. bovver boys
  2. bovver girl
  3. bovver girls
  4. bovvered
  5. bovvering
  6. bovvers
  7. bow
  8. bow and arrow
  9. bow and scrape
  10. bow ball
  11. bow balls

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