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cob·by

 (kŏb′ē)
adj. cob·bi·er, cob·bi·est
Having short legs and a compact body; stocky. Used of animals.

[From cob.]
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cobby

(ˈkɒbɪ)
adj, -bier or -biest
1. stocky
2. obstinate
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"To have a cob on", "to be annoyed, angry or moody" ("he had a right cob on"), is a common Liverpool expression and probably derives from the Lancashire-Cheshire dialectal adjective "cob", "comical, queer", which may in turn be related to 18th-century Cumberland dialectal "cobby", "headstrong, tyrannical".
Ex-Ibiza police chief Juan Pantaleoni, 56, who owns the Soul City bar, said: "It's impossible for the police to protect all the promenade, all the small squares." The bar's British manager Julian Cobby, 52, said: "When we kick people out at 3am they'll head towards the promenade.
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Julian Cobby, who manages Soul City, believes people are at greater risk due to the earlier closing times and the influx of drugs.
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She in turn was replaced by actor Brian Cobby in 1985.
We kept losing wickets throughout and me, Cobby and Wakers all got ourselves in but didn't go on.