cobber
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cobber
First recorded in 1890–95; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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In the end, of course, a pongo cobber shouts Smiley a bike, and everything is bokker.
From Time Magazine Archive
When a man gets old, he likes a little comfort, cobber.
From Police Your Planet by Lester Del Rey
He muttered only a few protesting groans on being shoved into his own share of the possie; and soon Mac had joined his cobber in the sound undisturbed slumber of an ordinary trooper.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes) Mackenzie
Nice feller you are to call yerself me cobber?'
From The Tale of a Trooper by Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes) Mackenzie
"Heart like a steel trap, cobber," he said, almost approvingly.
From Police Your Planet by Lester Del Rey
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