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What is a cob?

193 replies

Foxes157 · 14/12/2019 20:40

As we're doing regional words.

OP posts:
UtuNorantiPralatongsThirdEye · 14/12/2019 21:49

Does nobody else use this to mean sweating profusely? As in 'I'm sweating cobs here

I do!

BestIsWest · 14/12/2019 21:50

Welsh here

Cob - welsh pony as seen on day 3 of the Royal Welsh Show
Cob - round, shiny, hard and crusty roll.
Cob - nut, whole hazel nut
Cob - bad mood

danni0509 · 14/12/2019 21:50

A big crusty bread bun.

BestIsWest · 14/12/2019 21:51

*also sweating cobs.

IamMadameX · 14/12/2019 21:55

A bread roll.

I had a cheese cob for lunch (from midlands)

duvetaddict · 14/12/2019 21:59

A roll or being in a strop!

Bunnybigears · 14/12/2019 22:02

Bread bun
Middle of the sweetcorn I.e corn on the cob
Mad mood as in 'she's got a cob on'

welliesarefuntowear · 14/12/2019 22:03

Derby cob shop

What is a cob?
welliesarefuntowear · 14/12/2019 22:04

It's cob in Burton on Trent as well.

Dhalandchips · 14/12/2019 22:07

Being cross, having a cob on

OldSpeclkledHen · 14/12/2019 22:08

A type of horse

SecretWitch · 14/12/2019 22:10

Horse

ainsisoisje · 14/12/2019 22:15

We say cob in Notts for a bap/bread roll thing, have moved away and miss asking chippy for a chip cob.

scarbados · 14/12/2019 22:32

Bread roll, male swan, small horse or a kind of nut. Oh, and a sulk as in 'she's got a right cob on today'.

AhoyMrBeaver · 14/12/2019 22:34

A bread roll.

aHintOfPercy · 14/12/2019 22:39

You said in your second post "definitely a bread roll", so what's the point of your thread?

HeronLanyon · 14/12/2019 22:42

In order if what I thought-

Sulk
Horse
Nut
Bread roll
Something to do with a cottage/wall covering/?

Ohyesiam · 14/12/2019 22:42

The middle bit of sweet corn
A bad mood
Bread roll
A Male swan

Legomadx2 · 14/12/2019 22:43

A horse

HeronLanyon · 14/12/2019 22:45

Particularly a welsh cob (not sure I’ve ever met a plain old ‘cob’ ??)

SanFrancisco49er · 14/12/2019 22:52

A roll, a mood and a horse.

WillowB · 14/12/2019 22:54

Derby/Derbyshire - Any type of bread roll

Hushabyelullaby · 14/12/2019 22:55

A horse
Corn on the
It's a bad mood, I.e, got a cob on
I'm originally a southerner but moved north and so know that it's a bread roll too

ChiefClerkDrumknott · 14/12/2019 22:56

You call that a cob? This is a cob Crown Grin

What is a cob?
RuthW · 14/12/2019 22:58

Bread roll or bad mood.