Put the cobs on
Posted by Joe West on November 13, 2001
Greetings all
I seem to be the only one to use this
expression. My father said it meant to
make off with in a hurry. As in "grab the
goods and run"
Example
He put the cobs on my pizza!
Any one have any ideas as to the origin?
What little research I have done leads to
a steam locomotive, where a batch of
corn cobs could be tossed into the
fire to add a sudden burst of heat to
the engine. In doing so escaping the
bad guys.
Thanks
Joe
- Put the cobs on ESC 11/13/01
- Cob it ESC 11/14/01