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
- pick someone/thing off
- pick someone/thing out
- pick someone/thing to pieces (or apart)
- pick someone up
- pick something clean
- pick something out of a hat
- pick something over (or pick through)
- pick something up
- Pick's syndrome
- pickthank
- Pickt-hatch
- picktooth
- pick up
- pickup
- pick up after
- pickup arm
- pickup baler
- pickup bar
- pickup body
- pickup camper
- pickup joint
- pickup line
- pickup man
- pick up one's marbles and go home
- pick up (or get up) speed