cobbler
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Cobbler
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
cobbler1 (ˈkɒblə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who makes or mends shoes | |
| [C13 (as surname): of unknown origin] | |
| cobbler2 (ˈkɒblə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sweetened iced drink, usually made from fruit and wine or liqueur |
| 2. | chiefly (US) a hot dessert made of fruit covered with a rich cakelike crust |
| [C19: (for sense 1) perhaps shortened from cobbler's punch; (for both senses) compare cobble (vb)] | |
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Word Origin & History
cobbler
1287, cobelere "one who mends shoes," of uncertain origin. "The cobbler should stick to his last" (ne sutor ultra crepidam) is from the anecdote of Gk. painter Apelles. [The quote is variously reported: Pliny ("Natural History" XXXV.x.36) has ne supra crepidam judicaret, while Valerius Maximus (VIII.xiii.3)
gives supra plantam ascendere vetuit.] The meaning "pie" is Amer.Eng. 1859, perhaps related to 14c. cobeler "wooden bowl."
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Or you can prepare a cobbler in a foil pan and grill it on the dying coals.
Center potluck dinners have featured peach chutney, cherry cobbler, and pesto pasta created from garden.
There are peach cobbler bake-offs, peach-eating contests, and peach recipes handed down through the generations.
The recipe for this easy dessert cleverly uses pancake mix to make the top of the cobbler.
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