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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bobbery

as “Kicking up a bobbery,” making a squabble or tumult, kicking up a shindy. It is much used in India, and Colonel Yule says it is of Indian origin.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Bobbish
Bobadil
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