different between cobbler vs pandowdy

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)

1. A person who makes and repairs shoes
2. A person who lays cobbles; a roadworker
3. A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a crust at the base
4. (slang, usually in the plural) A police officer

   Look out: it's the cobblers!.

5. 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.

6. (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.

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

English

Etymology

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Noun

pandowdy (countable and uncountable, plural pandowdies)

1. (US) A pudding of spiced, sliced apples (or other fruit), sugar and butter, baked with a crumble topping in a deep dish