Meaning of Clobber | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A beating.
   slang, uncountable
2. Clothing; clothes.
   Australia, British, slang, uncountable
3. A paste used by shoemakers to hide the cracks in leather.
   uncountable
4. A bash on say the head, typically with a tool or object rather than with fists.
   uncountable
5. Equipment.
   British, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonyms: clobbering, clubbing, thumping”

“He should have stepped back and given Hemi room to chat and see where the women^([sic]) was going, yet he found himself drawn over to them. His friend would probably give him a clobber later on for his stupidity […]”

“W'y, they call a man a robber if 'e stuffs 'is marchin' clobber / With the— / (Chorus) Loo! loo! Lulu! lulu! Loo! loo! Loot! loot! loot!”

“Now to get rid of this respectable clobber and feel like a man again.”

“I was thinkin' of the widow while I gets me clobber on— / Like a feller will start thinkin' of the times that's past an' gone.”

“"Now just you put on that there clobber, chum," he said, stepping back.”

“I went to one in Woolwich, south-east London, which is one of the first stores to welcome the Pep&Co range, to road test the new uber-cheap clobber for myself.”

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