Associations to the word «Bobby»

Wiktionary

BOBBY, noun. (British) (slang) A police officer.
BOBBY, noun. (British) (slang) A railway signaller.
BOBBY, noun. (Scots) (slang) Penis
BOBBY, proper noun. A diminutive of the   male given name Robert.
BOBBY, proper noun. A diminutive of the   female given name Roberta.
BOBBY JOE, proper noun. A compound male given name.
BOBBY PIN, noun. (US) A type of double-pronged hairpin.
BOBBY PINS, noun. Plural of bobby pin
BOBBY SOCKS, noun. (usually in plural) (with plural verb) Women's ankle socks.
BOBBY SOXER, noun. In the 1940s, a young woman or teenage girl that was a zealous fan of traditional pop, especially of Frank Sinatra
BOBBY SOXERS, noun. Plural of bobby soxer

Dictionary definition

BOBBY, noun. An informal term for a British policeman.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats