Sobby vs Cobby - What's the difference?
sobby | cobby |
Very sad; inclined to sob
*{{quote-book, year=1903, author=George Horace Lorimer, title=Old Gorgon Graham, chapter=, edition=
, passage=It began, 'Where is my wandering boy to-night?' and by the time she was through I was feeling so mushy and sobby that I put a five instead of a one into the plate by mistake. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1917, author=Sewell Ford, title=Wilt Thou Torchy, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Every piece of furniture, from the threadbare sofa to the rickety center table, seems kind of sad and sobby . }}
(by extension) Dripping wet
*{{quote-book, year=1882, author=Carlton McCarthy, title=Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Nobody knows who he was; but no matter how wet the leaves, how sobby the twigs, no matter if there was no fire in a mile of the camp, that fellow could start one. }}
*{{quote-book, year=1902, author=Ellen Glasgow, title=The Battle Ground, chapter=, edition=
, passage=The woman served him sullenly, placing some sobby biscuits and a piece of cold bacon on his plate, and pouring out a glass of buttermilk with a vicious thrust of the pitcher. }}
As adjectives the difference between sobby and cobby
is that sobby is very sad; inclined to sob while cobby is stocky.sobby
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