Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Bobby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bobby \Bob"by\, n.
A nickname for a policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who
remodeled the police force. See Peeler. [Slang, Eng.]
--Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bobby
n : an informal term for a British policeman
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