See bobby on Wiktionary
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"(Date à préciser) De l’anglais bobby."
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"ref": "Yves Lamontagne, Confidences d'un médecin, Québec Amerique, 2003",
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"(1844) De Bobby, surnom de l’ancien Premier Ministre Robert Peel (1788-1850), responsable de la création de ce corps dont les membres furent familièrement appelés Bobby’s boys. Son nom de famille a donné peeler (« policier »)."
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