Bobbery

·noun A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery.

bobbery
A squabble, a row; common both in England and America.--Moor, Forby. That woke up the confounded ro...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
bobbery
A disturbance, row, or squabble; a term much used in the East Indies and China. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book