Cob Re.cob fireplace

Wed May 13 01:05:40 CDT 1998

> >Which poses a question:  Where does the phrase "You're nicked, Cobber"
(as
> >seen in The Bill) come from?  Hmmm...

> my understanding is that 'nicked'  means stolen or filtched...
> 
> my favorite word being 'spanner' for  wrench  :>

It was actually the word 'cobber' that I was wondering about.
Mind, 'faucet' for 'tap' is pretty out there.
This is off topic, isn't it?  :)

Rog.

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