Bobbery-bob

intj

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Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Oh dear! Alas! Good lord! obsolete

    "‘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’."

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"‘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’."

Etymology

Alteration of Hindi बाप रे बाप (bāp re bāp, “Father oh father!”).

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