COBNOBBLE NOUN 1. a blow ...Bk1826 Eng. dial. 2. (from The History of Sedgley Park School, Staffordshire, by Frederick Charles Husenbeth, 1856) "A severe punishment inflicted by the boys themselves upon a boy who had offended by some bad conduct. It consisted of fastening his hands behind him to a table, which he was made to draw after him the whole length of the playroom, the boys all the while belabouring him with their handkerchiefs twisted into scourges." VERB to beat, to strike, to chastise, to correct; to knock on the head ...Bk1826 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY from cob (n. a blow; vb. to strike) + nobble (vb. to strike, to hit, to beat up), from nob (n. the head) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1826 - COBNOBBLE, to correct or chastize From: An Attempt at a Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire - Roger Wilbraham EXAMPLE "..Charles. He who would from parties rob'll Finds out he's in the wrong box. Clem. Him we'll capture and cobnobble, Open locks whoever knocks...." From: Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays, Dramas, Farces, Extravaganzas, Etc., Etc. Volume 93, 1871 Robert Macaire, Or, The Roadside Inn Turned Inside Out. - Henry J. Byron, Scene II
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