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单词 pobs
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pobsn.

Brit. /pɒbz/, U.S. /pɑbz/
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier pap n.2 Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) at that entry notes that a singular form is occasionally found, but no corroborating evidence has been found for this.
English regional (chiefly northern and midlands).
Pieces of bread softened in milk; any food of a similar consistency. Cf. pap n.2 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > food otherwise characterized > [noun] > invalid or infants food
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pap-meat1440
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pobs1824
baby food1832
pobbies1848
1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ Pobs, Poddish, Porridge.
1894 H. Caine Manxman vi. iv He was ladling the pobs into the child's mouth.
1966 ‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 83 Go 'ome to yer pobs!
1984 ‘J. Gash’ Gondola Scam (1985) ii. 21 And soon the bloody hedgehog would be awake and come snuffling its saucer for pobs, greedy little swine.
2004 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 9 July 26 Came the strike of Twenty Six, his union fought so hard, Sodding Churchill's grass for pobs and bread and lard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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