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cobbler
English
Etymology
From Middle English cobler, cobeler, cobelere, of unknown origin. Apparently equivalent to cobble +? -er, and related also to cobblestone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?bl?(?)/, /?k?b?l?(?)/
Noun
cobbler (plural cobblers)
- A person who makes and repairs shoes
- A person who lays cobbles; a roadworker
- A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a crust at the base
- (slang, usually in the plural) A police officer
- Look out: it's the cobblers!.
- An alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice
- 1858 June, Asirvadam the Brahmin, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 1,
- In the creed of Asirvadam the Brahmin, the drinker of strong drink is a Pariah, and the eater of cow's flesh is damned already. If, then, he can tell a cocktail from a cobbler, and scientifically discriminate between a julep and a gin-sling, it must be because the Vedas are unclasped to him; for in the Vedas all things are taught.
- 1858 June, Asirvadam the Brahmin, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Number 1,
- (obsolete) A clumsy workman
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, I. i. 11:
- Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I / am but, as you would say, a cobbler.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, I. i. 11:
Synonyms
- (person who repairs shoes): shoemender, shoemaker (person making or repairing shoes), cordwainer (archaic; person making shoes from new leather), waxy/waxie, lad of wax
- (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
References
- “cobbler”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- clobber
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