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Definition of cobbler in English: cobblernoun ˈkɒbləˈkɑblər 1A person whose job is mending shoes. Example sentencesExamples - Each small community would have had its local cobbler who produced shoes to fit each individual customer uniquely.
- There are no more cobblers who make shoes (well, there are some who cater to highly specialized foot issues).
- In the quiet twilight, the cobbler slowly set down his tools, laying the wooden shoe at the foot of his stool and rising slowly.
- She only knew that the pointed shoes the cobbler made for everyone else hurt her feet.
- I even stopped in the cobblers to say hello to the shoemaker's wife, and promised to buy my next pair of shoes from them.
- Everyone shared what they had with others, doctors treated neighbourhood children free of charge, cobblers repaired boots free of charge and so on.
- We had the candles, hatters, cobblers and bakers representing the strong trades in Rathkeale in the 19th century.
- He'd go to a cobbler and say ‘I want my shoes just so’ and that's how they got their gear.
- Born to a family of shoemakers, he received little formal education and, on the death of his mother, was apprenticed to another cobbler when he was just ten years old.
- Every house had a last for putting tips on heels and patches on soles but they were brought to the cobbler when new soles were needed.
- I'm giving the impression I'm like the cobbler with the shoe-making elves.
- A cobbler may make shoes, and then sell them to acquire the money to buy food and clothes.
- Given that he is a competent cobbler with a market for his products, it would be foolish of him to turn his hand to another trade.
- I passed the cobbler and the tailor's shop, then turned the corner.
- You should consider a wider pair of shoes or have a cobbler stretch yours.
- The old cobbler who had been mending shoes in the doorway of a building was unexpectedly replaced by a stranger.
- I'm fortunate in having a decent cobbler nearby, so I can get boots reheeled until the uppers collapse.
- This is a triumphant return to the screen for him after his five-year break, partly spent pursuing the craft of the shoemakers - cobblers, in fact.
- He also worked as a master cobbler, mending shoes.
- Nothing is more important to a cobbler or shoe designer.
2mass noun An iced drink made with wine or sherry, sugar, and lemon. 3North American A dessert consisting of fruit baked in a deep dish with a thick, cake-like crust on top. Example sentencesExamples - The cobblers I usually make have crumby toppings; this one would turn out biscuity.
- There is a freshly baked berry cobbler sitting by the stove.
- A steaming, fresh-from-the-oven blackberry cobbler served with dairy cream was for dessert.
- I'll have a piece of berry cobbler when you can get around to it.
- We eat our chicken and kugel, and then we serve the raspberry cobbler for dessert.
- This doesn't mean that I give friends or strangers the right to lecture me about how much sugar or fat is in the piece of peach cobbler I'm eating.
- The plate contained a large slice of peach cobbler, with the juicy slices of golden peaches oozing from beneath a golden brown crust.
- They bring steaming trays of potato kugel and berry cobbler, bottles of grape juice and sweet wine.
- The food is often some concoction of lamb, frequently accompanied by rice, sweet potatoes, warm bread, and finished with a desert such as plumb cobbler with cream.
- They came up with a menu, and put together a meal to serve the class: biscuits and gravy, peach cobbler, and plantation punch.
- Be sure to try one of her sliced lemon cakes, her over-the-top peach cobbler or her wonderfully restrained sweet potato pie.
- For dessert I had the only thing I hadn't had - the apple cherry cobbler a la mode.
- A faint scent curiously similar to blackberry cobbler wafted on a warm draft from the beaker.
- The bushes produce enough berries for a cobbler or a crumble, but not enough for jam.
- When you arrive, be sure to introduce yourself to this unique part of Texas with a local favorite: black cherry cobbler à la mode.
- A delicious dinner of ham, fried potatoes, hot corn bread, fresh butter, wild bee honey, and huckleberry cobbler is served.
- For dessert, we ordered a peach and huckleberry cobbler with vanilla gelato and four spoons.
- This just feels like when I eat my grandmother's peach cobbler.
- Whence our merriment came to a full and complete stop, we settled down around a freshly baked apple cobbler.
- How about some of that blackberry cobbler, Miss Birdie?
4cobblersBritish informal A man's testicles. I've been kicked in the cobblers a few times - 4.1 Nonsense.
I thought it was a load of cobblers Example sentencesExamples - It's all a load of cobblers really - the easiest way to ‘disarm’ the country would have been to not sell them the weapons in the first place.
- Most of you got it right because 66.7 per cent guessed my last story was a load of cobblers.
- The life industry pays lip service to the need for greater transparency, but it's a load of cobblers.
- I've always thought your clash of civilisations thesis was - as we say here in Britain - a load of cobblers.
- Does it appear to be a myth because other foodstuffs are preventing any noticeable beneficial change from abstaining from eating chocolate or is it all a load of cobblers?
- The crowd was heard to be saying, ‘What a load of cobblers.’
- I don't think that I have read, and listened to, such a load of cobblers in my life.
Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blather, blether
5Australian NZ informal The last sheep to be shorn.
Phrases let the cobbler stick to his last proverb People should only concern themselves with things they know something about. Example sentencesExamples - My advise to the company: let the cobbler stick to his last.
Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. Definition of cobbler in US English: cobblernounˈkäblərˈkɑblər 1A person who mends shoes as a job. Example sentencesExamples - He also worked as a master cobbler, mending shoes.
- She only knew that the pointed shoes the cobbler made for everyone else hurt her feet.
- There are no more cobblers who make shoes (well, there are some who cater to highly specialized foot issues).
- He'd go to a cobbler and say ‘I want my shoes just so’ and that's how they got their gear.
- Born to a family of shoemakers, he received little formal education and, on the death of his mother, was apprenticed to another cobbler when he was just ten years old.
- Given that he is a competent cobbler with a market for his products, it would be foolish of him to turn his hand to another trade.
- Everyone shared what they had with others, doctors treated neighbourhood children free of charge, cobblers repaired boots free of charge and so on.
- Nothing is more important to a cobbler or shoe designer.
- I'm giving the impression I'm like the cobbler with the shoe-making elves.
- Each small community would have had its local cobbler who produced shoes to fit each individual customer uniquely.
- The old cobbler who had been mending shoes in the doorway of a building was unexpectedly replaced by a stranger.
- I even stopped in the cobblers to say hello to the shoemaker's wife, and promised to buy my next pair of shoes from them.
- We had the candles, hatters, cobblers and bakers representing the strong trades in Rathkeale in the 19th century.
- In the quiet twilight, the cobbler slowly set down his tools, laying the wooden shoe at the foot of his stool and rising slowly.
- This is a triumphant return to the screen for him after his five-year break, partly spent pursuing the craft of the shoemakers - cobblers, in fact.
- Every house had a last for putting tips on heels and patches on soles but they were brought to the cobbler when new soles were needed.
- A cobbler may make shoes, and then sell them to acquire the money to buy food and clothes.
- You should consider a wider pair of shoes or have a cobbler stretch yours.
- I passed the cobbler and the tailor's shop, then turned the corner.
- I'm fortunate in having a decent cobbler nearby, so I can get boots reheeled until the uppers collapse.
2An iced drink made with wine or sherry, sugar, and lemon. 3North American A dessert consisting of fruit baked in a deep dish with a thick, cake-like crust on top. Example sentencesExamples - They came up with a menu, and put together a meal to serve the class: biscuits and gravy, peach cobbler, and plantation punch.
- The bushes produce enough berries for a cobbler or a crumble, but not enough for jam.
- There is a freshly baked berry cobbler sitting by the stove.
- The food is often some concoction of lamb, frequently accompanied by rice, sweet potatoes, warm bread, and finished with a desert such as plumb cobbler with cream.
- They bring steaming trays of potato kugel and berry cobbler, bottles of grape juice and sweet wine.
- A steaming, fresh-from-the-oven blackberry cobbler served with dairy cream was for dessert.
- When you arrive, be sure to introduce yourself to this unique part of Texas with a local favorite: black cherry cobbler à la mode.
- A delicious dinner of ham, fried potatoes, hot corn bread, fresh butter, wild bee honey, and huckleberry cobbler is served.
- Whence our merriment came to a full and complete stop, we settled down around a freshly baked apple cobbler.
- How about some of that blackberry cobbler, Miss Birdie?
- This just feels like when I eat my grandmother's peach cobbler.
- This doesn't mean that I give friends or strangers the right to lecture me about how much sugar or fat is in the piece of peach cobbler I'm eating.
- A faint scent curiously similar to blackberry cobbler wafted on a warm draft from the beaker.
- We eat our chicken and kugel, and then we serve the raspberry cobbler for dessert.
- Be sure to try one of her sliced lemon cakes, her over-the-top peach cobbler or her wonderfully restrained sweet potato pie.
- For dessert I had the only thing I hadn't had - the apple cherry cobbler a la mode.
- I'll have a piece of berry cobbler when you can get around to it.
- For dessert, we ordered a peach and huckleberry cobbler with vanilla gelato and four spoons.
- The plate contained a large slice of peach cobbler, with the juicy slices of golden peaches oozing from beneath a golden brown crust.
- The cobblers I usually make have crumby toppings; this one would turn out biscuity.
Phrases let the cobbler stick to his last proverb People should only concern themselves with things they know something about. Example sentencesExamples - My advise to the company: let the cobbler stick to his last.
Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. |