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BUSY, adj. Sc. usage in comb. busy bob, see quot.Dmf. 1962 J. C. I. McConnel Upper Nithsdale Coalworks 53:
Pick blades or points were brought to the surface as required to be sharpened by the blacksmith. In later years he had a mechanical device called “Busy Bob” to help him.
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