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greyfriers bobby

rhyming slang used in Edinburgh for the act of doing a jobby. Based on the famed story of a dog who returned nightly to Greyfriers Cemetry in Edinburgh to sleep on his deceased owner's grave.
"Eh'm pure burstin' for a greyfriers bobby. Eh'm practically touching cloth"
by Lindsay Andrews June 30, 2008
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