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Definition of Bob under
1. Verb. Disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bob Under
Literary usage of Bob under
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Review (1878)
"Iron, copper, or other metal bob under investigation ; the degree of continued
swing being the approximate and comparative measure of the force of action ..."
2. Our Public Schools: Their Influence on English History; Charter House, Eton by James George Cotton Minchin (1901)
"That may be a true picture of a "wet bob" under Dr. Keate, but it is not of a "
wet bob " under Dr. Warre. Punts, which evidently played a prominent part in ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"If you see one bob under and wobble, a shad has struck the net near it, ...
I'll give the shad to the first one that sees a float bob under. ..."
4. Miscellaneous Works of Mr. John Greaves ...: Many of which are Now First by John Greaves, Thomas Birch (1737)
"... the ground of the painting blue; a face at the top with a bob under the chin) the
... In the forehead fome hieroglyphics; below the bob under the chin, ..."
5. The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals: Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures by Osborn Wilkinson, Johnson Wilkinson (1896)
"He says it was considered bad form by his men to " bob " under fire. I suppose
he means that it was thought a sign of weakness unbecoming such a crack corps ..."
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