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- noun Plural form of
cobber .
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Examples
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With our brigade we had been good "cobbers" since the second show at Gaza, where we were able to help them out of a nasty hole, and once their confidence was gained the Australians were very stout allies.
With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett
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It was about this time that one of my Aussie cobbers who had a lot of pen friends asked me if I would like one.
Jim Bennett 2010
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Now Nelson is bringing up the cobbers going to war, aboriginal and non-aboriginal Australians lying (dead) beside each other on the battle fields.
Archive 2008-02-01 Another Outspoken Female 2008
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Tux branes neetly back in hed, smoves and cobbers wif CHRC wif doi.
Some days it’s not even - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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January 21, 2008 at 1:13 pm evward Munch nom, nom, nom kitteh oberwelmed by exist. angst, skreems, den cobbers BOFF eers.
Van Gogh cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai finkso ai will taking wun ob dose snow-glolbes taht u shakez n teh snow cums down softlee softlee n cobbers ebrefing in cheezland…
Da horn on da bus goes - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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October 8, 2008 at 2:15 am cobbers mouf wif floofy paws and snikkkkerz
Dibs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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To get shipped out would mean that they would not exist to their cobbers, and without their cobbers, they'd die.
King Rat Clavell, James, 1924- 1962
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"He's made a big hole in the port, him and his cobbers," the scientist said.
On The Beach Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1957
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That means a lot to troops who have climbed every inch of that agonizing track, who have buried so many of their cobbers and who have seen so many more going back, weak with sickness or mauled by the mortar bombs and the bullets and grenades of the enemy, men gone from their ranks simply to win back a few hundred yards of this wild, unfriendly, and utterly untamed mountain….
The Story of World War II Donald L. Miller 1945
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