Then after he has made a success of comedy, or if he is sure he can't write anything but sobby playlets, let him try to make an audience weep.
"Writing for Vaudeville"
Brett Page
Nobody knows who he was; but no matter how wet the leaves, how sobby the twigs, no matter if there was no fire in a mile of the camp, that fellow could start one.
"Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865"
Carlton McCarthy
Zoo, Jenny, don't sobby!
"Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect"
William Barnes