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Cobs in endless procession clopped up Sixth Avenue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cobs, walnut-bark, or walnut-chips, are the best to use for smoking, on account of the sweet taste they give the meat.

From The American Frugal Housewife by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Well," said Helen; "Titania or no Titania, if the Corn Cobs want their chocolate cake to-night, I must get busy.

From The Haunted Bookshop by Morley, Christopher

Still more interesting is the barrel of genuine Corn ears,— Indian Cobs of edible grain, from the Barn of Emerson himself!

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

Among the best of the Cobs may be mentioned the Great Cob and Merveille de Bollwyller.

From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred