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cob⋅bler

  [kob-ler]
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME cobelere, equiv. to cobel (< ?) + -ere -er 1
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cob·bler 1   (kŏb'lər)   
n.  

  1. One who mends or makes boots and shoes.

  2. Archaic One who is clumsy at work; a bungler.


[Middle English cobeler.]
cob·bler 2   (kŏb'lər)   
n.  

  1. A deep-dish fruit pie with a thick top crust.

  2. An iced drink made of wine or liqueur, sugar, and citrus fruit.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

cobbler

see stick to one's last.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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