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:
- (person who repairs shoes) shoemender, shoe repairer, shoemaker person making or repairing shoes, cordwainer archaic; person making shoes from new leather
- (police officer) see Thesaurus:police officer
- French: cordonnier, cordonnière, savetier (archaic), savetière (archaic)
- German: Schuster, Schusterin, Flickschuster, Flickschusterin, Schuhflicker, Schuhflickerin
- Italian: ciabattino, ciabattina, calzolaio, calzolaia
- Portuguese: sapateiro, sapateira
- Russian: сапо́жник
- Spanish: zapatero, zapatera
Cobbler
Noun
cobbler (plural cobblers)
- A person from Northamptonshire (traditionally a centre for shoemaking)
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