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  • adjective Of or relating to William Cobbett (1763–1835), English pamphleteer, farmer, and journalist.

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Cobbett +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • 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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