Iliff-King phrasebook

Example

Well we caught the train, but now I’m sweating cobs

Origin

Unclear. A cob is an old word in the north & midlands of England for anything round, and persists in cob (a type of bread roll) and cobble. A cob is also a breed of workhorse common in Victorian Britain, that could well have given “sweating like a cob” as an ancestor expression

Collector

Granny Dixon –
Marion Dixon (Howes) – mother of Mum, spouse of Pop