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cobber
English
Etymology
Origin unknown. Perhaps from Yiddish ????? (khaver, “comrade”), which is borrowed from Hebrew ???? (khavér, “friend”), or, perhaps from the British dialectal term cob (“take a liking to”).. The suggestion that it is a self-referential collective term for convicts and immigrants who departed for Australian shores from the Irish port of Cobh seems chronologically unlikely.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?b.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -?b?(?)
Noun
cobber (plural cobbers)
- (Australia) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.
- What's up, cobber?
- G'day cobber!
- 1953, Nevil Shute, In the Wet, 2010, unnumbered page,
- “He?s a good cobber, even if he is the parson,” he said at last. “He?s a good cobber.”
- “That?s right,” said Jim patiently. “He?s a good cobber, and he?s the parson. Now you buzz off and leave him be. We?ve got business to talk here.”
- (Australia) A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:friend
Translations
References
- Australian National Dictionary Centre » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » C
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bedfellow
English
Etymology
From Middle English bedfelawe, equivalent to bed +? fellow.
Noun
bedfellow (plural bedfellows)
- One with whom one shares a bed.
- Synonym: bedmate
- (by extension) An associate, often an otherwise improbable one.
Derived terms
- strange bedfellows
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