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. Rare. mummichog ( def ).
6. 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

cobbler

²

/ ˈkɒblə /

noun

1. a person who makes or mends shoes

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 )

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

Idioms and Phrases

see stick to one's last .

Example Sentences

A camel has been given a "new lease of life" after a cobbler was tasked to make shoes for him.

From BBC

A cobbler in Kuwait, he found out about the incident while he was thousands of miles away from home.

From BBC

While it’s hard to beat simply biting into a ripe, juicy peach, it’s also hard to beat tasting that first summer Southern peach cobbler.

From Seattle Times

Some say she has been apprenticing as a cobbler in the Italian countryside; others, that she’s formed an ice cave—and won the trust of indigenous penguin tribes—in Antarctica.

From Slate

The aroma of Mississippi-style gumbo, shrimp and grits, and peach cobbler cinnamon rolls is enough to make me hungry too, but JP doesn’t seem to care about food.

From Literature