Cobbed

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of cob form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.
  2. 2
    Remaining on, or taken from the cob, (as in "cobbed corn").

    "After the few times I added cobbed corn to my bait pile, I would find cleaned cobs a long distance from the bait pile, sometimes more than 50 yards away."

  3. 3
    Built of mud cobbles, and sealed with mud or an artificial equivalent.
  4. 4
    Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbed together").
  5. 5
    Struck with misfortune (possibly a contraction of clobbered)
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  1. 6
    Odd, peculiar, strange. (Comparative can be cobb'der and superlative can be cobb'dest). dialectal

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amblerauriclebangblack backed gullblack-backed gullbread roll

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"After the few times I added cobbed corn to my bait pile, I would find cleaned cobs a long distance from the bait pile, sometimes more than 50 yards away."

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