cobbler

[kob-ler]

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. Rare.,  mummichog.

6. Archaic.,  a clumsy workman.

cobbler

¹

/ ˈkɒblə /

noun

1. a sweetened iced drink, usually made from fruit and wine or liqueur

2. a hot dessert made of fruit covered with a rich cakelike crust

cobbler

²

/ ˈkɒblə /

noun

1. a person who makes or mends shoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobbler¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English cobelere, equivalent to cobel, of unknown origin, + -ere -er ¹ ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobbler¹

C19: (for sense 1) perhaps shortened from cobbler's punch; (for both senses) compare cobble (vb)

Origin of cobbler²

C13 (as surname): of unknown origin

Idioms and Phrases

see stick to one's last.

Example Sentences

I learned how to make a simple skirt as well as to bake peach and cherry cobblers, crisscrossing the dough decoratively across the top.

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The rest of the meal, fully prepared and frozen, includes mashed potatoes, gravy, macaroni and cheese, sweet corn, green-bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry relish, dinner rolls, a pumpkin pie and an apple cobbler.

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In a cobbler's workshop in Los Angeles, the footprints of Hollywood history are stacked floor to ceiling, watched over by a man who says his profession is dying.

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Removing the top of the box, he revealed two carved wooden forms known as shoe lasts that cobblers use to make their wares.

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Rose McGee’s years-long relationship with buttery crusts and heavenly aromas began with an impulse one day one Sunday morning to make a sweet potato pie and a blackberry cobbler.

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