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cob⋅bler
[kob-ler] 
lər
–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. | a mummichog. |
| 6. | Archaic. a clumsy workman. |
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| cob·bler 1 (kŏb'lər) n.
[Middle English cobeler.] |
| cob·bler 2 (kŏb'lər) n.
[Origin unknown.] |
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Cobbler
Cob"bler\, n. 1. A mender of shoes. --Addison. 2. A clumsy workman. --Shak. 3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. Cobbler fish (Zo["o]l.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.
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Language Translation for : cobbler
Spanish:
zapatero,
German:
der Flickschuster,
Japanese:
靴直し職人
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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cobbler
see stick to one's last.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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