dial. Also cop. [f. COB sb.1] trans. To top, excel, beat.
1847–78. Halliwell, Cob, to outdo or excel.
1869. Lonsdale Gloss. (Philol. Soc.), Cob, to beat or surpass, also to pull the hair. To cob over a person is to crow over him.
1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., Cob, to surpass, exceed. ‘Well, that cobs Dolly, an’ Dolly cobbed the devil.’
1884. Cheshire Gloss., Cob, sometimes pronounced cop. ‘I copped him’ = I beat him, or got ahead of him.
Cob v.3, var. of COP v. slang.
