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He's rough as a cob and cold as a snake.
Life, he reflected, was rough as a cob.
The breeze stiffened and the water was, in Allen's words, "rough as a cob."
Runnin' rough as a cob, like as if there's water in her gas tank.
As Miss Grace had said, Lainie had gotten as rough as a cob.
She swayed on into the house, and after Lainie was gone Miss Grace grunted and said, Shes as rough as a cob.