BOP

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See also: bop, Bop, bóp, bớp, and вор

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BOP

  1. (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former Bolivian peso; a currency used from 1963 to 1986.

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BOP (plural BOPs)

  1. (oil industry) Initialism of blowout preventer.
  2. Initialism of burden of proof.

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BOP

  1. Initialism of Boy's Own Paper.
    • 1939, George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz. (p. 46 in Penguin edition 1962.)
      […] and myself under the table with the B.O.P., making believe that the tablecloth is a tent.
  2. Initialism of Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac.
  3. Initialism of Bureau of Prisons.

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