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Definition of Cobnuts
1. cobnut [n] - See also: cobnut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobnuts
Literary usage of Cobnuts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fruit culture for profit by Edward Hobday (1883)
"FILBERTS AND cobnuts. When so many are looking about for something profitable to
plant, why are these not more grown ? ..."
2. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"Marls ! no; I've swopped all my marls with the little fellows, and cobnuts are
no fun, you silly, only when the nuts are green. But see here! ..."
3. Composition, Rhetoric, Literature: A Four Years' Course for Secondary Schools by Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson (1917)
"Is it marls (marbles) or cobnuts? " Maggie's heart sank a little, because Tom
always said it was " no good " playing with her at those games — she played so ..."
4. The Progressive Course in Reading by George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes (1900)
"Is it marls [marbles] or cobnuts ? " Maggie's heart sank a little, because Tom
always said it was "no good" playing with her at those games — she played so ..."
5. Memories of Men and Books by Alfred John Church (1908)
"If cobnuts are grown, pruning is absolutely necessary, and it should be done by
a really ... The cobnuts grew up to within a few feet of the house. ..."
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