Definitions

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  • adjective Having a consistency similar to cobbles.

Etymologies

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cobble +‎ -y

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Examples

  • After talking to a Dog named Ebenezer and to Jenkins, the leader of the robots, he learns that the Dogs have discovered a series of alternate dimensions they call the cobbly worlds.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Johnny Pez 2007

  • After talking to a Dog named Ebenezer and to Jenkins, the leader of the robots, he learns that the Dogs have discovered a series of alternate dimensions they call the cobbly worlds.

    City Johnny Pez 2007

  • The right shoes will take me from my home in Brooklyn all the way to the cobbly streets of Paris, so I need a pair that will literally go the distance.

    Kristina O'Neill: Lady Gaga's Pantslessness Influences Designers; New York Eagerly Awaits Marc Jacobs 2009

  • When one of the few remaining humans reinvents the bow and arrow and inadvertantly kills a robin, Jenkins realizes he must lead the last of the humans to one of the cobbly worlds, lest they reintroduce warfare to the world and destroy the Brotherhood of Beasts.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Johnny Pez 2007

  • The Dogs have led the other animals to one of the cobbly worlds, and the ants have covered the whole world with a single vast city.

    City Johnny Pez 2007

  • I like it in a more cobbly consistency rather than a powdery consistency, which gives things a more rustic feel.

    gluten-free chocolate financiers | smitten kitchen 2007

  • Jenkins decides that the human way is not his way; he will lead the Dogs and robots to another cobbly world, leaving the Earth to the ants.

    City Johnny Pez 2007

  • The Dogs have led the other animals to one of the cobbly worlds, and the ants have covered the whole world with a single vast city.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Johnny Pez 2007

  • Jenkins decides that the human way is not his way; he will lead the Dogs and robots to another cobbly world, leaving the Earth to the ants.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Johnny Pez 2007

  • When one of the few remaining humans reinvents the bow and arrow and inadvertantly kills a robin, Jenkins realizes he must lead the last of the humans to one of the cobbly worlds, lest they reintroduce warfare to the world and destroy the Brotherhood of Beasts.

    City Johnny Pez 2007

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