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Definition of Cobbers
1. cobber [n] - See also: cobber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobbers
Literary usage of Cobbers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Iron and Steel: A Treatise on the Smelting, Refining, and Mechanical by Franklin Day Jones, Erik Oberg (1918)
"As the tailings from this second separation are again crushed and passed through
the cobbers, three products — heads, middlings, and tails — are produced. ..."
2. Bi-monthly Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers by American Institute of Mining Engineers (1918)
"Magnetic Ore cobbers—Drum ' ype. 2. Belt Type Alternating Pole Pieces. 4.
Magnetic Ore cobbers—Belt and T-um Type. 6. Magnetic Wet Separators for coarse ore ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1976 Your road, pleasant with shade-trees, climbs up and down steep little
hills —Thomas Wood, cobbers, 1938 A major who climbed up to take a look —Burtt ..."
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