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COBSee chip on board. cob1 1. a male swan 2. a thickset short-legged type of riding and draught horse cob2, cobb an archaic or dialect name for a gull esp the greater black-backed gull (Larus marinus) cob [käb] (mining engineering) To chip away waste material from an ore, using hand hammers. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cob was a strong, well-made, good-tempered horse, and we sometimes had a little chat in the paddock, but of course I could not be so intimate with him as with Ginger, who stood in the same stable. I was outwitted by my first victim, a thin old gentleman riding a cob at night on the Geelong road. I'll go and have a look at them," he said, getting on to the little bay cob, Kolpik, who was let up by the coachman. |
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