bobbery

American  

[bob-uh-ree] / ˈbɒb ə ri /

noun

plural

bobberies

1. a disturbance; brawl.

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bobbery British  

/ ˈbɒbərɪ /

noun

1. Also called: bobbery pack.  a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds

2. informal a noisy commotion

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adjective

1. informal noisy or excitable

Etymology

Origin of bobbery

First recorded in 1810–20, bobbery is from Hindi bāp re “O father!”

Example Sentences

Skunks will often prove a great bother, as they take all kinds of bait and kick up no end of a "bobbery" when caught.

From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Do you know, Gascoigne, it appears to me very odd, but I can do nothing but there’s a bobbery at the bottom of it.”

From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Marryat, Frederick

"The wheat grows up with the tares, and the result is an everlasting bobbery."

From Frank Merriwell's Reward by Standish, Burt L.

I had many enjoyable scampers with Mr. Milton’s bobbery pack, which I believe is still going strong in the City of Palaces.

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)

If now I dared sever from "tousle-mops" clever One tress, there would be a rare bobbery, bobbery.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 by Various