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Plural of bobby

regular plural

The plural of bobby is bobbies.

Forms of bobby

Singularbobby /ˈbɒbi/
Pluralbobbies
Countablecountable

Bobbies in a sentence

  • It is the equivalent of having bobbies on the beat."2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31
  • The already low proportion of Friesian and Hereford Friesian cross calves sold as bobbies declined to almost insignificant proportions and there was a very steep drop in the proportion of bobby calves in the other breeds1970, Great Britain. Milk Marketing Board. Breeding and Production Organization, Report of the Breeding and Production Organization
  • It is about bobbies on the beat and their front police station counter.2008 November 17, Ken Jones, Evidence to the Communities and Local Government Committee, page 61. From the entry Dixonian
  • The Doctor was a humanist, and his spacecraft was an obsolete phone box redolent of bobbies with whistles.2006 September, Steve Tomkins, “Icon of the Month No. 82: Dr Who”, in Simon Jones, editor, Third Way, volume 29, number 7, Harrow, London…. From the entry lightsaber

Meaning of bobby

  1. noun A police officer.
  2. noun A railway signaller.
  3. noun A penis.

Full definition of bobby

Questions about the plural of bobby

What is the plural of bobby?
The plural of bobby is bobbies.
Is bobby countable?
Bobby is a countable noun.

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