cobber
Use Cobber in a sentence
ər noun Australian.
a close fellow male friend; chum; pal.
Origin:
1890–95; of uncertain origin
1890–95; of uncertain origin
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| —n | |
| informal (Austral), (NZ) a friend; mate: used as a term of address to males | |
| [C19: from dialect cob to take a liking to someone] | |
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Cobber
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
In addition, a pilot mill was constructed and cobber concentrates were produced for metallurgical testing.
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