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Deely-bobber Chiefly U.S.|ˈdiːlɪ ˈbɒbə(r)|
Also Deelie-bobber.
1. A proprietary name for a make of construction toy comprising a number of inter-linking building blocks. (Manufactured 1969–73.) U.S. temporary.
1969Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 July tm15/2 Products of the Behavioral Sciences, Inc., San Jose, Calif. Filed Aug. 5, 1968. Deelie-bobbers for building toys. 1969Telegraph (Brisbane) 2 July 46/5 Deelie Bobbers... They lobbed on my desk in a flower-patterned drawstring bag which, upended, sent 100 plastic daisy cutouts spilled every whichway. 1973Toys Directory Issue LXXII. vi a. 206/2 Deelie Bobbers—Parker Brothers.
2. A proprietary name (in the U.S.) for a variety of children's novelty headgear consisting of a pair of ornaments (e.g. balls) attached antenna-like by springs or wires to a head-band.
1982People 26 July 67/1 Those little plastic headbands with the springs, topped with glittery balls, pinwheels, stars or hearts, are called Deely Bobbers. 1982New Statesman 24 Sept. 17 Deely-bobbers—the glittering, bouncing baubles on wire which are the latest craze in headgear—caused a row in a hospital's X-ray department when all the staff there decided to wear them at once. 1982Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 29 Nov. tm578 Ace Novelty Co., Inc., Bellevue, Wash...Deely bobbers. For Novelty Item—Namely, a Head Band with Springs Carrying Ornaments... First use Dec. 4, 1981. |