The ISO 4217 currency code for Bolivian Boliviano.

"act of bobbing," 1540s, from bob (v.1). As a slang word for "shilling" it is attested from 1789, but the signification is unknown.

"short hair," 1680s, attested 1570s in sense of "a horse's tail cut short," from earlier bobbe "cluster" (as of leaves), mid-14c., a northern word, perhaps of Celtic [..]

"move with a short, jerking motion," late 14c., probably connected to Middle English bobben "to strike, beat" (late 13c.), perhaps of echoic origin. Another early sense was "t [..]

British shilling: a former monetary unit in Great Britain move up and down repeatedly; "her rucksack bobbed gently on her back" a hair style for women and children; a short h [..]

Acronym for “Back of the Box” (or Bottom of the Board), refers to the person who throws last. Bogey

  to taunt.

  to cheat.

  to bang or thump.

Verb. To visit briefly. E.g."I'm just gonna bob down to the corner shop for some fags, do you want anything?" Noun. 1. A shilling in pre-decimal currency which now amounts to 5 pence. 2 [..]

back off bastard

Business on (the) Books.

(n) a former monetary unit in Great Britain(n) a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around(n) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism(n) a hanging weigh [..]

A shilling. A “bender” is a sixpence. (Compare BAWBEE.)

See Pendulum Bob.

Cockney slang for shilling.

Up-and-down head movement showing interest; thought to be for judging distance to an object.        Bobbing video clip: 862 Kb

Bunker on Board

bunkers on board

abbreviation for Best of Breed title

broad beans

Method of marking cattle by trimming their tail hair.  The cowman might "bob" the tails of the cattle he intends to keep while he is working them.   This mark is made by cutti [..]

a blow, metaph. a sarcasm

to strike, metaph. to ridicule, or to obtain by raillery

Bank Of Baroda

"The Bob was the classic look of the 50s and 60s; the style was short and straight but blow-dried and curled under. At it’s worst the style could make you look like a mushroom, but at best with the curl accentuating your cheekbones it created an incredibly sexy look.

The Bob was the classic look of the 50s and 60s; the style was short and straight but blow-dried and curled under. At its worst the style could make you look like a mushroom, but at best with the curl [..]

Boliviano, the currency used in Bolivia.

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The ISO 4217 currency code for Bolivian Boliviano.

Short form of Robert. It arose later than Dob, Hob and Nob, which were medieval rhyming nicknames of Robert. It was borne by the character Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas C [..]