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Definition of Bob around
1. Verb. Move up and down with no specific path. "The cork bobbed around in the pool"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bob Around
Literary usage of Bob around
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"He insisted on showing bob around. Of course the young fellow, unaccustomed as
yet to the difficulties of mountain transportation, could not quite ..."
2. Engineers' Surveying Instruments by Ira Osborn Baker (1892)
"Another form of the last consists of a short spool on top of the plumb-bob, around
which the plumb-line is wound. The spool is turned by hand, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Of course lateral vibration and rotation of the bob around the string as an axis
must be scrupulously avoided. This is easily done by letting the bob fall ..."
4. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"... without follerin' bob around." " Sharp girls, too, I reckon; one of them writes
things for the magazines, ..."
5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"... Cruises with Captain bob around tke Kitchen Fire." .THE UNSEEN HAND ; or, Jama
Renfrew and His Helpers. By Кет. ELIJAH KELLOGG. Illustrated, $1.25. ..."
6. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"... proceed to the wood to get holly, with which some decorate a stone across the
stands in the village, while others "bob around" to the tune of " Speed ..."
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