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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A policeman; so called because Sir Robert Peel introduced the force, at least into Ireland. (See Peeler.)
“But oh! for the grip of the bobby’s hand
Upon his neck that day.”
Punch: July 26, 1884.
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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.
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