kob

American  

[kob, kohb] / kɒb, koʊb /

noun

1. an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.

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kob British  

/ kɒb /

noun

1. any of several species of African antelope, esp Kobus kob: similar to waterbucks

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Etymology

Origin of kob

1765–75; said to be < Wolof koba

Example Sentences

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)

There are new bright red shoes, and old tattered shoes, and kob kobs, and black shoes, and sometimes yellow shoes.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

The kob kobs are wooden clogs made to raise the feet out of the mud and water, having a little strap over the toe to keep it on the foot.

From The Women of the Arabs by Robinson, Charles S. (Charles Seymour)

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

Take away from me all vanity, but grant that mi Sunday panterloons may fit me, even az korn fitteth the kob.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.