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paybob

paybob noun: an accountant.

Noun

paybob (plural paybobs)

  1. (UK, slang) An accountant.
    • A form book about as helpful as the old Greek oracles is thus produced and guides the odds given by the numerous illegal bookmakers who compete with the tote run by the paybobs on each ship.1979, W. B. Harvey, Downstairs in the Royal Navy, page 60
    • Sod all the Shipwrights and CPO Cooks,
      Sod all the Paybobs and their bleeding books
      For we're saying goodbye to them all
      As back to their hammocks they crawl.2015, Cyril Tawney, Grey Funnel Lines, page 141

Forms of paybob

pluralpaybobs

Questions about paybob

What does paybob mean?
Paybob means an accountant.
What part of speech is paybob?
Paybob is a noun.
What is the plural of paybob?
The plural of paybob is paybobs.

Words near paybob in the dictionary

  1. paybacks
  2. payband
  3. paybands
  4. paybill
  5. paybills
  6. paybob
  7. paybobs
  8. paybook
  9. paybooks
  10. paybox
  11. payboxes

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