Cobbett

[ kob-it ]

noun

1. William Peter Porcupine, 1763–1835, English political essayist and journalist in the U.S. and England.

Cobbett

/ ˈkɒbɪt /

noun

1. CobbettWilliam17631835MEnglishWRITING: journalistSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformer William. 1763–1835, English journalist and social reformer; founded The Political Register (1802); author of Rural Rides (1830)

Example Sentences

From this a long, gradual descent led directly into Farnham, the native town of William Cobbett.

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At any rate, he will find no spirit of this description in what Cobbett satirically termed “the Wen.”

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Cobbett on one of his rides stayed at Petersfield, and put up at this old house.

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William Cobbett, an English poetical and miscellaneous writer, died.

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Since Cobbett no keener agriculturist's eye or better pen had surveyed North Wiltshire.

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