cobber
Significat (Anglès)
- (Australia, dated, slang) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.
- (Australia) A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate.
Sinònims
magnetic separator
electromagnetic separator
magnetic cobbing machine
magnet separator
magnetic cobber
magnetic-tube concentrator
Traduccions
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkɒbɚ/
Etimologia (Anglès)
Uncertain. Perhaps from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend, comrade”), from Hebrew חבר (ḥāḇēr, “friend”), possibly via Dutch gabber; alternately, perhaps from the British dialectal term cob (“take a liking to”), or a conflation of both. 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.
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