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cobful

cobful noun: enough to fill a cob.

Noun

cobful (plural cobfuls)

  1. Enough to fill a cob.
    • Give a man a cobful of tobacco and a dry, warm spot to squat on, and if you can coax him from it to a hoe or a grub-hook in the open, ...1912, Commercial West - Volume 21, page 10
    • It is not infertile: each plant sets a cobful of seeds without difficulty, lining them up in neat rows.1989, Michael Webster, Home farm: one family's life on the land, page 83

Forms of cobful

pluralcobfuls

Origin of cobful

From cob + -ful.

Questions about cobful

What does cobful mean?
Cobful means enough to fill a cob.
What part of speech is cobful?
Cobful is a noun.
What is the plural of cobful?
The plural of cobful is cobfuls.

Words near cobful in the dictionary

  1. Coberly
  2. Coberlys
  3. Cobers
  4. cobette
  5. cobettes
  6. cobful
  7. cobfuls
  8. Cobh
  9. Cobham
  10. Cobhamite
  11. Cobhamites

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