Larry vs Bobby - What's the difference?
larry | bobby |
A diminutive of Laurence and Lawrence. Popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
* 1998 Carol Shields: Larry's Party . Penguin 1998. ISBN 0140266771 page 254:
* 2002 Laurell K. Hamilton: Circus of the Damned . JOVE 2002. ISBN 0515134481 page 149:
(British, slang) A police officer.
(British, slang) A railway signaller.
As proper nouns the difference between larry and bobby
is that larry is a diminutive of Laurence and Lawrence. Popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s while Bobby is a diminutive=Robert given name.As nouns the difference between larry and bobby
is that larry is alternative form of lang=en while bobby is a police officer.larry
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- No one gets named Larry' anymore. It's had it as a name. Think of someone called ' Larry and you automatically conjure up a guy drinking beer in a sixties rec room.
- "Larry', name's '''Larry'''." I smiled, it was too ridiculous. He was worried about me calling him Lawrence instead of ' Larry with a rogue zombie climbing out of the dirt.
