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Cobbed vs Fobbed - What's the difference?

cobbed | fobbed |

As verbs the difference between cobbed and fobbed

is that cobbed is (cob) while fobbed is (fob).

As an adjective cobbed

is broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.

cobbed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Broken, cut or trimmed into pieces of a convenient size, or formed into small blocks; cobbled.
  • Remaining on, or taken from the cob, (as in "cobbed corn") .
  • Built of mud cobbles, and sealed with mud or an artificial equivalent.
  • Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbed together") .
  • Struck with misfortune (possibly a contraction of clobbered)
  • (dialect) Odd, peculiar, strange. (Comparative can be cobb'der''' and superlative can be '''cobb'dest ) .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (cob)

    • fobbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fob)

    • fob

    English

    Etymology 1

    * High German

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A little pocket near the waistline of a pair of trousers or in a waistcoat or vest to hold a pocketwatch; a watch pocket.
    • 1711 Jonathan Swift , Windsor Prophecy :
  • :* With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob .
  • A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.
  • A small ornament attached to such a chain. (See Usage Notes below)
  • A hand-held remote control device used to lock/unlock motor cars etc.
    • Usage notes
    * The Jonathan Swift quote indicates that the word "fob" at that time period did not specifically apply to an object attached to the chain or watch. * A "fob" attached directly to the watch serves as an ornament and or as a grip for more easily pulling the watch from the watch pocket. * A fob attached to a drooping chain would be mainly an ornament.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * fub

    Verb

    (fobb)
  • (archaic) To cheat, to trick, to take in, to impose upon someone.
    • 1604 William Shakespeare , Othello, iv, 2:
  • :* I think it is scurvy, and begin to find myself fobbed in it.
  • (archaic) To beat; to maul.
    • Derived terms
    * to fob off

    References

    * 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language , Robert Hunter and Charles Morris, eds., v 2 p 2146.

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