Bobbish.

Pretty bobbish. Pretty well (in spirits and health), from bob, brisk. (See above.) A very ancient expression.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Boarding School
Boards
Boast (The)
Boast of England (The)
Boat
Boatswain
Boaz and Jachin
Bob
Bobadil
Bobbery
Bobbish
Bobbit
Bobby
Boccus (King)
Bockland or Bookland
Bod
Boden-See
Bodies
Bodkin
Bodkin
Bodkin