BOBBY
Bob"by, n.
Defn: A nickname for a policeman; — from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
BOB-CHERRY
Bob"-cher`ry, n.
Defn: A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.
BOBFLY
Bob"fly`, n. (Fishing)
Defn: The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
BOBOLINK
Bob"o*link`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is
black and white; the female is brown; — called also, ricebird,
reedbird, and Boblincoln.
The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. W. Irving.
BOBSLED; BOBSLEIGH
Bob"sled`, Bob"sleigh`, n.
Defn: A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.] The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.