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 Cobbler’s Toast.Cob-nut. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cob’ham,
 
referred to by Thomson in his Autumn, was Sir Richard Temple, created Lord Cobham in 1714.   1
 


 Cobbler’s Toast.Cob-nut. 

 
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