The word of the week is a compilation of Trinidadian sayings -phrases and words- used on the island.

Guts like Cobo (phr): With have, describing someone who can eat anything also someone who doesn’t react badly to being insulted or getting pressure.

He doesn’t get on, he have guts like cobo (1990)

Cobo, Cobeau, Corbeau n Coragyps atratus (Black Vulture), a large bird. A very common resident in Trinidad, not found in Tobago. Corbeau is French for Raven.

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Source: Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago by Lise Winer

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