cobby
Americanadjective
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short and stout; stocky; compact in body.
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stubborn or combative.
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Distance swimmers are more seal-like: sleek, cobby, meaty.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2016
The whole appearance of the dog should be very smart and cobby, intensely alert, and altogether clean and well put together, qualities difficult to describe, but which "sautent aux yeux."
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie
I am a very respectable dachshund, of cobby build, and jumping is the very last exercise I should have taken to of my own accord.
From Pussy and Doggy Tales by Kemp-Welch, Lucy
He is a trifle cobby, no doubt, but he is a capital feeder, and should go well in a double harness, with 84 'Pommery, his constant stable companion.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 22, 1893 by Various
He was a short, cobby, white and tan brindle color, three-quarter tail, with a short head and even mouth.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Axtell, Edward
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