bobby-dazzler
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bobby + dazzler. Unknown. Originated in 19th century in the dialects of Lancashire and Yorkshire.[1]
Noun
[edit]bobby-dazzler (plural bobby-dazzlers)
- (informal, chiefly British and Australian) An attractive or excellent thing or person.
- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 6”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- Suddenly she appeared in the inner doorway rather shyly. She had got a new cotton blouse on. Paul jumped up and went forward.
"Oh, my stars!" he exclaimed. "What a bobby-dazzler!"
She sniffed in a little haughty way, and put her head up.
"It's not a bobby-dazzler at all!" she replied. "It's very quiet."
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 21.
Further reading
[edit]- Oxford Living Dictionaries: "bobby-dazzler"
Bobby Dazzler on Wikipedia.Wikipedia