"I ain't like you, Towney, able to coast about without a job of work from shearin' to shearin'."
<hw>Coaster</hw>, <i>n</i>. a loafer, a <i>Sundowner</i> (q.v.).
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' viii. 75:
"A voluble, good-for-nothing, loafing impostor, a regular `coaster.'"
<hw>Cobb</hw>, <i>n</i>. sometimes used as equivalent to a coach. "I am going by Cobb." The word is still used, though no Mr. Cobb has been connected with Australian coaches for many years. See quotation.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 184:
"Mr. Cobb was an American, and has returned long ago to his native country. He started a line of conveyances from Melbourne to Castlemaine some time after the gold discoveries. Mr. Cobb had spirit to buy good horses, to get first-class American coaches, to employ good Yankee whips, and in a couple of years or so he had been so extensively patronised that he sold out, and retired with a moderate fortune." [But the Coaching Company retained . . . the style of Cobb & Co.]
1879 (about). `Queensland Bush Song':
"Hurrah for the Roma Railway!
Hurrah for Cobb and Co.!
Hurrah, hurrah for a good fat horse
To carry me Westward Ho!"
<hw>Cobbler</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) The last sheep, an Australian shearing term. (2) Another name for the fish called the <i>Fortescue</i> (q.v.)