Cobb

American  

[kob] / kɒb /

noun

1. Howell 1815–68, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1849–51.

2. Irvin S(hrewsbury), 1876–1944, U.S. humorist and writer.

3. Ty(rus Raymond) the Georgia Peach, 1886–1961, U.S. baseball player.

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Example Sentences

A caramelized garlic steak bowl sells for $17.95, and a garden cobb salad is $15.75.

From Los Angeles Times

District Court Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, who found that lawmakers cannot be denied entry for visits “unless and until” the government could show that no appropriations money was being used to operate detention facilities.

From Los Angeles Times

But once Janine O’Leary Cobb recognized these as symptoms of menopause, she headed for the library to learn all she could.

From The Wall Street Journal

“She had so much faith in the written word,” said her daughter Sarah Cobb.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cobb didn’t find much to read about menopause, beyond shoddy research and medical tracts which trivialized or pathologized what she knew to be a natural phase of life.

From The Wall Street Journal