Meanings
nouncobful (plural cobfuls)
plural cobfuls
- Enough to fill a cob.
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 831 more example
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
Origin
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