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Bobbish

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Pretty bobbish. Pretty well (in spirits and health), from bob, brisk. (See above.) A very ancient expression.

 

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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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Boarding School
Boards
Boast (The)
Boast of England (The)
Boat
Boatswain
Boaz and Jachin
Bob
Bobadil
Bobbery
Bobbish
Bobbit
Bobby
Boccus (King)
Bockland or Bookland
Bod
Boden-See
Bodies
Bodkin
Bodkin
Bodkin