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staggering bobnoun informal, chiefly Australian1A 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...- The boat returned in the evening, towing off a staggering bob, which was soon got on board and made into veal.
- 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).
- A "staggering bob" is a familiar phrase among dealers, for these little wabbly creatures.
1.1 [mass noun] Veal from a very young calf: the stockmen were oddly squeamish about eating staggering bob...- 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.
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