bobby

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Distance swimmers are more seal-like: sleek, cobby, meaty.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2016

Body.—Short and cobby, wide in chest, and well ribbed up.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

This sort of switchback work is all right for a cobby, short-backed, short-legged little horse, but it is killing work for a big, long-striding hunter such as one wants in the Midlands.

From The Green Flag by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

He has the same square, cobby appearance, broad chest, bowed legs, profuse feather, and large, lustrous eyes—points which are frequently looked for in vain nowadays—and his breeder and owner may well be proud of him.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert

They must be neither cloddy or cobby, but should be framed on the lines of speed, showing a graceful racing outline.

From Dogs and All about Them by Leighton, Robert