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Discover LudwigThe phrase "COB" is correct and usable in written English, often referring to "close of business." You can use it in a business context to indicate a deadline or the end of the workday.
Example: "Please submit your reports by COB tomorrow."
Alternatives: "end of the day" or "close of play.".
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COB
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A male swan.
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Serves 8 1 medium-size round cob loaf ½ jar of pesto 200-300g cheesecheese 100-200g salami 1 large red pepper 100g sun-blush tomatoes 100g Parma ham A large handful of spinach leaves Salt and black pepper 1 Cut the top off the loaf and scrape out the bread inside to leave a crusty shell.
In contrast, the male tassels of maize are a foot or more away from the female cob and are easily blown by the wind to other plants.
In contrast to past years' menus of reheated hamburgers, they could plump for pulled pork, barbecue ribs or corn on the cob, courtesy of BOS BBQ, a Texan eatery in the city.
The traditional farmstead of the Basque Country is built of cob and covered with wood shingles; above the portal is a placard that features the date of construction or the name of the proprietor.
These coins of rude mintage are called macuquinas (cob).
The pen incubates, on average, a half-dozen pale unmarked eggs on a heap of vegetation while the cob keeps close guard; in some species he takes his turn at brooding.
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Rummaging around in the grimmest, darkest corners of this Turkish cab, I feel like Indiana Jones sticking his hand into some ancient cob-webbed hole with tarantulas.
Young boys made transactions through the window of our battered jeep, selling bananas and corn-on-the-cob.
The National Trust manages the writer's birthplace, the rustic cob-and-thatch Hardy's Cottage (01305 262366; nationaltrust.org.uk/hardys-cottage; £6), and the imposing red-brick Max Gate (01305 262538; nationaltrust.org.uk/max-gate; £6), which Hardy built for himself; both are just east of Dorchester.
The gleamingly unsubtle Trump Tower (12), corn cob-esque Marina Towers (13) and fussily neo-Gothic Tribune Tower (14) are the star turns.
On Third Avenue, just below 50th Street we came upon a fat good natured dog eating corn-on-the-cob.
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