bobbery-bob
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of Hindi बाप रे बाप (bāp re bāp, “Father oh father!”).[1]
Interjection
[edit]- (Anglo-Indian, obsolete) Oh dear! Alas! Good lord!
- 1868, Out of the Meshes, volume II, page 273:
- ‘Would not your Royal Highness like to come into the next room and see the dancers?’ said the Major in great perplexity, forgetting all about the inflected verbs. / ‘No, Bobbery Bob! I’ll drink some more sherbet, old man’.