kob
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kob
1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba
Example Sentences
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Korn has got one thing that noboddy else has got, and that iz a kob.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
Cob, kob, n. a kind of composition of clay and straw for building.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
You will often see little boys and girls running down steps and paved streets on these dangerous kob kobs.
From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)
This kob runs thru the middle ov the korn, and iz as phull ov korn as Job waz ov biles.
From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.
From where I stood looking at them hartebeest, kob, waterbuck, and oribi were also all in sight.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Roosevelt, Theodore
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