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pobby, a. orig. dial.|ˈpɒbɪ| [cf. pobs n. pl.] Swollen, blown; also of food, pulpy, mushy.
1888Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw 30 There are, in this land, ghosts who take the form of fat, cold, pobby corpses. 1903Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 563/1 Pobby, adj. Yks..., swollen, gen. used of a soft swelling. 1937V. K. Libby How to care for Baby vi. 49 If you want baby to have good teeth be careful not to give a lot of ‘pobby’ food. Never soak the rusks in milk, etc. |