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How to use bobby in a sentence

30 example sentences · noun

Bobby means a police officer. Example: “Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.”

Examples of bobby by meaning

nounA police officer.

  • 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

nounA calf that is slaughtered in its first month, usually because it has no mother or because it is undersized or...

  • 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
  • The following is the Victorian code of practice as it refers to the welfare of bobby calves.2002, John Moran, Calf Rearing: A Practical Guide, →ISBN, page 44
  • All bobby calves must be fed as close as possible to, and at least within 6 hours of, the time of transportation.2004, Primary Industries Standing Committee, Cattle, →ISBN, page 21

nounA banana that is extra small in size.

  • My kids like bobby bananas, but they're in plastic.2017 June 14, Sarah Catherall, “I tried to live plastic free for a week and it's impossible”, in The Press

More sentences with bobby

  • Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.From the entry hammer
  • Bobby really dug into his potatoes.From the entry dig into
  • Could you fetch me some bobby pins?” She shoved the clutch into my hands.2016, Stephanie Scott, Alterations, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry thanksies
  • Her pinned-up hairdo was drooping and she shed two bobby pins on the floor.2014, Janet Cantrell, chapter 7, in Fat Cat at Large, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry bobby pin
  • Bobby Zarem was considered and up-and-coming public relations genius, a superflack.2010, Ian Halperin, The Governator, page 140. From the entry superflack
  • 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
  • Bobby looked up, and once again noticed a vortex of buzzards circling somewhere behind Pistol Creek Camp.2006, Charles Snellings, The Hidebehind, page 59. From the entry vortex
  • Bobby walks up to the pole, bends over, sets himself, and gets a good grip.2006, Jack Myers, Row House Blues. From the entry uh-oh, Spaghetti-O
  • Bobby, only jackasses go around saying how much money they make.2004 King of the Hill (TV, season 8.8). From the entry jackass
  • Bobby Castleton, who was cured of homosexuality on the Phil Donahue Show through the ministrations of Feona.1987 February 1, Dan Page, “Seeing the Lite (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 15. From the entry ministration
  • Bobby Pechal of Temple was bridesmatron, Miss Annette Pyle of Houston served as bridesmaid.1957, The Milk Producer, page 4. From the entry bridesmatron
  • Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players who ever lived, died at the age of sixty-four from kidney failure.2015, Michael Hearst, Extraordinary People: A Semi-Comprehensive Guide to Some of the World's Most Fascinating Individuals, Chronicle…. From the entry brilliancy
  • I also remember my sister Mimi and her friends, wearing their bobby sox, shrieking whenever Frank Sinatra came on the radio.2015, Paul F. Cummins, Confessions of a Headmaster, Pasadena, Calif.: XENO Books, Red Hen Press, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry bobby sox
  • Her bobby sox clashed with her saddle shoes.2014, James Ellroy, Perfidia, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry bobby sox
  • Bobby taught woodwork at the High School, and was one of the few teachers Stan got on with.2013, Mike Brown, Thrilling, Sweet and Rotten, AuthorHouse, page 27. From the entry Journey into Space
  • Over the mantelpiece is Banksyesque canvas which shows helmeted bobby and several CCTV and speed cameras staring out of the canvas.2012, Nicholas Gibbs, Writing Television Drama: Get Your Scripts Commissioned, John Murray Press, unnumbered page. From the entry Banksyesque
  • 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
  • Thus, in this market, fine beans range from 6 to 7.5mm and bobby beans must be at least 8.5mm.2001, Commonwealth Secretariat, Guidelines for Exporters of Fruit and Vegetables to the European Markets, →ISBN. From the entry bobby bean
  • Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained.1969, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster, Me and Bobby McGee. From the entry thumb
  • Bobby knew he should've followed up the way Lucky would've, but what the heck – he had other things on his mind.2011, Jackie Collins, Poor Little Bitch Girl. From the entry big girl
  • Similarly, the recent boom in imports of fine beans from Egypt has been based on pre-existing capabilities in growing the less sophisticated bobby beans.2001, Oliver Morrissey, Igor Filatotchev, Globalisation and Trade, →ISBN. From the entry bobby bean
  • Bobby, want your little facie washed?1935 February 2, Elizabeth Hart, “Teddy Is Only a Parrot, But He Can Sing Songs, Quote Poetry, Count to 10: Mrs. Stanton’s Rare Bird Shows…. From the entry facie
  • But the bobby kens me fine--I've bailed John oot twice, for a guinea ilka time, and they recognize steady customers there like anywheres else!1919, Sir Harry Lauder, Between You and Me. From the entry ilka
  • When I entered my awkward teen years, I remember Owen telling me, “Take off the saddle Oxfords and the bobby socks and put on some high heels.”2016 September 13, Ella Brennan, Ti Adelaide Martin, “Big Sister, Larger than Life”, in Miss Ella of Commander’s Palace, Layton, Ut.…. From the entry saddle oxford
  • At 11 you couldn't be a teenager but you could be a bopper, wear bobby socks and bop around and the other boppers would get crushes on you.1999, Susan Holbrook, Misled, page 18. From the entry bopper

Meaning of bobby

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

Full definition of bobby

Questions about bobby in a sentence

How do you use bobby in a sentence?
Bobby is used as a noun. For example: “Bobby used a hammer and nails to fix the two planks together.”
What is a short sentence with bobby?
“Bobby really dug into his potatoes.”
What does bobby mean?
Bobby means a police officer.

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