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Cobʹweb

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Cob, Teutonic for “spider.” Dutch, spinnekop; Saxon, attercop (poisonous spider); Chaldee, kopi (spider’s web).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cob (A)
Cobalt
Cobbler
Cobbler
Cobbler Poet (The)
Cobbler’s Punch
Cobbler’s Toast
Cobham
Cob-nut
Coburgs
Cobweb
Cock
Cock and Bottle
Cock and Bull Story
Cock and Pie (By)
Cock of Hay (A)
Cock of the North
Cock of the Walk
Cock-a-hoop
Cock apace
Cockboat