Cobb salad

noun

: a tossed salad made typically with chopped chicken or turkey, tomatoes, bacon, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, and lettuce and dressed with a vinaigrette

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There are $46 McCarthy salads, which are really just Cobb salads named after a polo-playing millionaire. Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024 Credit for the Cobb salad generally goes to Bob Cobb, owner of the now-defunct Brown Derby chain in Los Angeles. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

probably from Robert H. Cobb †1970 American restaurateur

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Cobb salad was in 1947

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“Cobb salad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cobb%20salad. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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