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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bobbit

If it isn't weel bobbit we'll bob it again. If it is not done well enough, we will try again. To bob is to dance, and literally the proverb means, “If it is not well danced, we will dance over again.”

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