Meaning of bovver | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pronunciation spelling of bother.
   alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
2. Violence, especially that associated with youth gangs.
   British, countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

“No need to tell me, I'd recognize that Cockney accent anywhere! “I'm in a bit of bovver,” he said. “Do me a favour and go to the shelter and do the necessary for Trixie.””

“In London there are some thirty gangs of “bovver birds,” violence-prone girls who roam the streets in packs attacking almost any vulnerable object for no apparent reason other than the sheer thrill of it.”

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