1736 Canting Dictionary / D / DRY-Bob [thing]
a smart or sharp Repartee.
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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.
Dry Bob in the 1811 Vulgar Tongue
Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).
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