| 释义 |
Definition of cobber in English: cobbernoun ˈkɒbə Australian, NZ informal A companion or friend (often used as a form of address between men) Example sentencesExamples - So, whaddya reckon, cobber: Will this be a summer of sporting triumph or an unusually concentrated period of humiliation?
- And what's wrong with putting in a good word for your cobber?
- The wounded digger clings to the belt of the man in front with his sound hand, while his other cobber gets underneath and pushes him up.
- I got one of my cobbers at university to ring up about three or four hours later and there was still a vacancy there.
- We cobbers bond through proximity not talk - not serious talk anyway.
Origin Late 19th century: perhaps related to English dialect cob 'take a liking to'. Rhymes clobber, jobber, mobber, robber, slobber |