bobby
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“It’s a visual of innocence for this girl to wear these grown-up shoes with a heel, and then pair them with these youthful bobby socks,” he explained of Dorothy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
“Tight as a drum”, was how the local beat bobby described the people on his patch.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
But Schwartz told me that he sees even this kind of damage most often when people use bobby pins or small spatulas to clean their ears.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2023
The bathroom is stocked with Listerine, Lubriderm lotion and bobby pins; the fridges teem with Red Bull, baby carrots and a wide selection of juices.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
She glanced around the hut for something that might help and noticed that Tiara had bobby pinned fat, blue flowers to the walls.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
But the report finds bobbies who should be on the beat are behind desks, backfilling for civilian support staff who have been stripped out.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023
More than 10,000 police officers will be on duty Monday, with London bobbies supplemented by reinforcements from all of Britain’s 43 police forces.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
They’re happier and sharper, and the rooftop concert crackles, down to McCartney ridiculing the bobbies who shut them down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
Rather than stopping the prank, the bobbies simply insisted the Americans don life jackets and be accompanied by a police launch.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2016
Not a soul to speak to; not a face I knew; even the bobbies looking sour when I asked them a civil question; and starvation staring me in the face.”
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
