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 Coburgs.Cock. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cob’web.
 
Cob, Teutonic for “spider.” Dutch, spinnekop; Saxon, attercop (poisonous spider); Chaldee, kopi (spider’s web).   1
 


 Coburgs.Cock. 

 
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