bobbery

Definitions

A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance.

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Examples

“bobbery: a disturbance.”

“They’d’ve kick’d up a rale bubbery, and’ve thrown the fat intu the fire in a jump⟳.”

“Another and another followed, till, at last⟳, the unwieldy bank, amidst an awful bobbery, swung high and dry on the shelving beach; and out we all sprung, right glad once more to feel⟳ ourselves on terra firma.”

“Efficient in a devilish way, he allows troops to slip⟳ by and makes a dead set⟳ for their officers, using small pockets of scouts to kick⟳ up a maximum bobbery, so that those advancing to the attack believe⟳ they have⟳ been set⟳ on by battalions instead of sections.”

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