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
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 had brought up a quiet cobby sort of stock horse from the Hollow, plain enough, but a wonder to go, particularly over broken country.
From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood
And little cobby dinner-rolls from the confectioner’s, with crisp, browny crust, cut open and stuffed with butter and potted meat, and little green pieces of lettuce.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
And mother said, “Yes, darling!” like a lamb, swallowing as it were spring chickens and cobby rolls at a gulp.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
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