cob

  • 41cob — vb, n American (to give someone) a pinch or poke in the buttocks. In this sense the word, origi nally a dialect term for a lump or a pro trusion, can be dated back to the English slang of the later 18th century. See also get/have a cob on …

    Contemporary slang

  • 42COB — Commission des Opérations en Bourse. Créée en septembre 1967. Chargée de superviser l activité de la Bourse de Paris et de veiller à la protection de l épargne investie en valeurs mobilières. Au départ simple autorité morale, la COB a vu ses… …

    Sigles et Acronymes francais

  • 43Cob — 1. Wall building technique using mud, strengthened with straw and horse hair etc. Formerly common in Devon. Probably used for domestic buildings within Hemyock Castle. 2. Sturdy type of horse for riding and draught. Eg. Welsh Cob …

    Medieval glossary

  • 44cob on — Noun. A temper. E.g. She had a right cob on when I told her I d spent all our holiday money …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 45cob — [[t]kɒb[/t]] n. 1) corncob 1): cooked corn on the cob[/ex] 2) orn a male swan 3) dch a short legged, thick set horse, often having a high gait 4) brit. a mixture of clay and straw, used as a building material • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME cobbe …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46cob — 1. n. a sharp poke or goose in the anus. □ Ouch! That cob hurt! 2. tv. to give someone a sharp poke in the anus. □ Tom cobbed Fred when he passed by …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 47cob — [15] Cob has a bizarre range of meanings – ‘nut’, ‘horse’, ‘male swan’, ‘loaf’, ‘ear of maize’ – but a distillation of them points back to an original ‘head, or something similarly rounded’ (cobnuts and cobloaves, for example, are spherical, and… …

    Word origins

  • 48cob —  1) a blow ; likewise to throw. Derb. Also a basket of wicker to carry on the arm ; a seed cob, or seed lib, a seed basket used in sowing. Con, marl mixed with straw, used as walls to out houses. Devonsh.  2) head, chief, or master. Cumb …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 49Cob Normand — Cob normand …

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  • 50Cob normand — Etalon Cob …

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