cobbler

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see also: Cobbler

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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, shoe repairer, shoemaker person making or repairing shoes, cordwainer archaic; person making shoes from new leather
• (police officer) see Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

• 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

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Cobbler

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Noun

cobbler (plural cobblers)

1. A person from Northamptonshire (traditionally a centre for shoemaking)

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