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† royal bob n. [ < royal adj. + bob, of uncertain identity and origin; perhaps Bob , pet form of the male forename Robert (see Bob n.⁷), with reference to legislation against gin-drinking brought in during the 1720s and 1730s under the administration of Sir Robert Walpole: see Notes & Queries (1900) 1 Sept. 161–3, and 15 Dec. 475–6.] Obsolete slang gin; cf. purl royal n. at purl n.³ Compounds.