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Definition of staggering bob in English: staggering bobnoun Australian informal 1A very young calf. the merest staggering bob two days old the time I've had with them staggering bobs–could 'ave brought in a mob of snails quicker Example sentencesExamples - The cow was not alone, it turned out; for at her heels came "Staggering Bob", her calf.
- Jacob had killed the pig for winter's use that week, and a fine fat calf (none of your "staggering bob," three weeks old, but something worth calling veal, more than two months in this world).
- The present fashion of feeding upon spring chickens and ducklings is like attempts to feed the nation upon staggering bobs.
- The boat returned in the evening, towing off a staggering bob, which was soon got on board and made into veal.
- A "staggering bob" is a familiar phrase among dealers, for these little wabbly creatures.
- When he thinks about 'pain to the animal' — the famished gull, the bleating sheep, the 'staggering bob', the tortured circus animal — he suffers their agonies by proxy.
- 1.1mass noun Veal from a very young calf.
the stockmen were oddly squeamish about eating staggering bob Example sentencesExamples - We were compelled to live upon what the men called staggering bob.
- They consumed cowpoke, staggering bob, and doubtful 'pieces' swarming with flies.
- You're not worth staggering bob broth, with all your booklarnin' an' good looks, to say nothin' of your manners.
- The taste for very young veal has entirely gone out and Staggering Bob is no longer to be met with in such a place.
- He would as soon think of saying he liked staggering bob, as that he patronized the sweet pea-whiskey.
- She is one that never denies herself the bit of staggering bob when in season.
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