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
My cobber 'ere," 'e sez, "'as copped a peach!
From The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)
Nice feller you are to call yerself me cobber?'
From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)
Instid of slopin' soon As 'e was wed, off on 'is 'oneymoon, 'Im an' 'is cobber, called Mick Curio, They 'ave to go An' mix it wiv that push o' Capulets.
From The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)
He adjourned to the lines of another regiment, and consulted, nay, intrigued, with his cobber.
From The Tale of a Trooper by Mackenzie, Clutha N. (Clutha Nantes)
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