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cobbler

[ kob-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who mends shoes.
  2. a deep-dish fruit pie with a rich biscuit crust, usually only on top.
  3. an iced drink made of wine or liquor, fruits, sugar, etc.
  4. a fabric rejected because of defective dyeing or finishing.
  5. Archaic. a clumsy workman.


cobbler

1

/ ˈkɒblə /

noun

  1. a sweetened iced drink, usually made from fruit and wine or liqueur
  2. a hot dessert made of fruit covered with a rich cakelike crust
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


cobbler

2

/ ˈkɒblə /

noun

  1. a person who makes or mends shoes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cobbler1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English cobelere, equivalent to cobel, of unknown origin, + -ere -er 1( def )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cobbler1

C19: (for sense 1) perhaps shortened from cobbler's punch; (for both senses) compare cobble (vb)

Origin of cobbler2

C13 (as surname): of unknown origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see stick to one's last .
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Example Sentences

As the story goes, Socrates engaged the cobbler and the local youth in philosophical discussions while Simon worked.

So, offer to bring a gorgeous pie (or cobbler, crisp, crumble, tart, compote or charlotte) to your next potluck invite.

Like the cobbler's stall in the old song, it served the present occupants for "kitchen and parlour and all."

William Read died; originally a cobbler, became a mountebank, and practiced medicine by the light of nature!

Then there must be the ghost of a "bootmaker," with the ghost of a "lapstone," and a "last," and the spirit of "cobbler's wax!"

He was the son of a cobbler, and disgraced the imperial dignity by acts of barbarity and tyranny.

Rabbi Mr. Wigram had needed some trifling repair to his boots, and had accordingly sent them overnight to a cobbler.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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