cobber

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noun

Plural noun:

cobbers

1.
(Australia, dated, slang)A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.
What's up, cobber?
G'day cobber!
2.
(Australia)A sweet consisting of a small block of hard caramel covered in chocolate.

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cobber up

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. Perhaps from חבֿר (friend, comrade), from Hebrew חבר (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.