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- adjective Of or relating to William Cobbett (1763–1835),
English pamphleteer ,farmer , andjournalist .
Etymologies
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Cobbett + -ian
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Examples
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The commons must be carefully kept: I have quite a Cobbettian fear of their being taken away from us under some plausible pretext or other.
Friends in Council — First Series Arthur Helps 1844
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