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A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

cobber

PRONUNCIATION:

(KOB-uhr)

MEANING:

noun: A pal.

ETYMOLOGY:

Cobber is an old-fashioned Australianism. It's perhaps derived from English dialect cob (take a liking to).

Cartoonist: Doug Pike

habitue: a habitual visitor to a place
mutch: a linen cap worn by old women and babies.

USAGE:

"Farewell cobber, it's been a blast."
Jane Wright; First Word; Sunday Herald (Glasgow, UK); Sep 26, 2004.

See more usage examples of cobber in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

What you cannot enforce, do not command. -Sophocles, dramatist (495?-406 BCE)

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