cobber
/ˈkɒbə
/noun Australian /NZ informal
A companion or friend (often used as a form of address between men): G’day cobbers!...
- We cobbers bond through proximity not talk - not serious talk anyway.
- 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.
Origin
Late 19th century: perhaps related to English dialect cob 'take a liking to'.
Rhymes
- Strümpell–Marie
- Sts
- St Sophia
- St Stephen
- St Stephens
- St Stephen's Day
- St Swithin's day
- St Thomas
- St Trinian's
- St-Tropez
- Stuart
- Stuart, Charles Edward
- Stuart, Gilbert Charles
- Stuart, James
- Stuart, Jeb
- Stuart, John
- Stuart, John McDouall
- Stuart, Mary
- stub
- stub axle
- stubbily
- stubbiness
- stubble
- stubbled
- stubbly