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Definition of cobbler in English: cobblernoun ˈkɒbləˈkɑblər 1A person whose job is mending shoes. 修鞋匠,补鞋匠 Example sentencesExamples - Each small community would have had its local cobbler who produced shoes to fit each individual customer uniquely.
- There are no more cobblers who make shoes (well, there are some who cater to highly specialized foot issues).
- In the quiet twilight, the cobbler slowly set down his tools, laying the wooden shoe at the foot of his stool and rising slowly.
- She only knew that the pointed shoes the cobbler made for everyone else hurt her feet.
- I even stopped in the cobblers to say hello to the shoemaker's wife, and promised to buy my next pair of shoes from them.
- Everyone shared what they had with others, doctors treated neighbourhood children free of charge, cobblers repaired boots free of charge and so on.
- We had the candles, hatters, cobblers and bakers representing the strong trades in Rathkeale in the 19th century.
- He'd go to a cobbler and say ‘I want my shoes just so’ and that's how they got their gear.
- Born to a family of shoemakers, he received little formal education and, on the death of his mother, was apprenticed to another cobbler when he was just ten years old.
- Every house had a last for putting tips on heels and patches on soles but they were brought to the cobbler when new soles were needed.
- I'm giving the impression I'm like the cobbler with the shoe-making elves.
- A cobbler may make shoes, and then sell them to acquire the money to buy food and clothes.
- Given that he is a competent cobbler with a market for his products, it would be foolish of him to turn his hand to another trade.
- I passed the cobbler and the tailor's shop, then turned the corner.
- You should consider a wider pair of shoes or have a cobbler stretch yours.
- The old cobbler who had been mending shoes in the doorway of a building was unexpectedly replaced by a stranger.
- I'm fortunate in having a decent cobbler nearby, so I can get boots reheeled until the uppers collapse.
- This is a triumphant return to the screen for him after his five-year break, partly spent pursuing the craft of the shoemakers - cobblers, in fact.
- He also worked as a master cobbler, mending shoes.
- Nothing is more important to a cobbler or shoe designer.
2mass noun An iced drink made with wine or sherry, sugar, and lemon. (用葡萄酒或雪利酒加糖和柠檬制成的)酒味冷饮 3North American A dessert consisting of fruit baked in a deep dish with a thick, cake-like crust on top. Example sentencesExamples - The cobblers I usually make have crumby toppings; this one would turn out biscuity.
- There is a freshly baked berry cobbler sitting by the stove.
- A steaming, fresh-from-the-oven blackberry cobbler served with dairy cream was for dessert.
- I'll have a piece of berry cobbler when you can get around to it.
- We eat our chicken and kugel, and then we serve the raspberry cobbler for dessert.
- This doesn't mean that I give friends or strangers the right to lecture me about how much sugar or fat is in the piece of peach cobbler I'm eating.
- The plate contained a large slice of peach cobbler, with the juicy slices of golden peaches oozing from beneath a golden brown crust.
- They bring steaming trays of potato kugel and berry cobbler, bottles of grape juice and sweet wine.
- The food is often some concoction of lamb, frequently accompanied by rice, sweet potatoes, warm bread, and finished with a desert such as plumb cobbler with cream.
- They came up with a menu, and put together a meal to serve the class: biscuits and gravy, peach cobbler, and plantation punch.
- Be sure to try one of her sliced lemon cakes, her over-the-top peach cobbler or her wonderfully restrained sweet potato pie.
- For dessert I had the only thing I hadn't had - the apple cherry cobbler a la mode.
- A faint scent curiously similar to blackberry cobbler wafted on a warm draft from the beaker.
- The bushes produce enough berries for a cobbler or a crumble, but not enough for jam.
- When you arrive, be sure to introduce yourself to this unique part of Texas with a local favorite: black cherry cobbler à la mode.
- A delicious dinner of ham, fried potatoes, hot corn bread, fresh butter, wild bee honey, and huckleberry cobbler is served.
- For dessert, we ordered a peach and huckleberry cobbler with vanilla gelato and four spoons.
- This just feels like when I eat my grandmother's peach cobbler.
- Whence our merriment came to a full and complete stop, we settled down around a freshly baked apple cobbler.
- How about some of that blackberry cobbler, Miss Birdie?
4cobblersBritish informal A man's testicles. 〈英,非正式〉(男子的)睾丸 I've been kicked in the cobblers a few times - 4.1 Nonsense.
胡说;废话 I thought it was a load of cobblers 我想那只是一大堆废话。 Example sentencesExamples - It's all a load of cobblers really - the easiest way to ‘disarm’ the country would have been to not sell them the weapons in the first place.
- Most of you got it right because 66.7 per cent guessed my last story was a load of cobblers.
- The life industry pays lip service to the need for greater transparency, but it's a load of cobblers.
- I've always thought your clash of civilisations thesis was - as we say here in Britain - a load of cobblers.
- Does it appear to be a myth because other foodstuffs are preventing any noticeable beneficial change from abstaining from eating chocolate or is it all a load of cobblers?
- The crowd was heard to be saying, ‘What a load of cobblers.’
- I don't think that I have read, and listened to, such a load of cobblers in my life.
Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blather, blether
5Australian NZ informal The last sheep to be shorn. 〈澳/新西兰,非正式〉最后一只待剪毛的羊
Phraseslet the cobbler stick to his last proverb People should only concern themselves with things they know something about. 〈谚〉管好自己懂得的事;不懂的事别插手 Example sentencesExamples - My advise to the company: let the cobbler stick to his last.
OriginMiddle English: of unknown origin. Definition of cobbler in US English: cobblernounˈkäblərˈkɑblər 1A person who mends shoes as a job. 修鞋匠,补鞋匠 Example sentencesExamples - He also worked as a master cobbler, mending shoes.
- She only knew that the pointed shoes the cobbler made for everyone else hurt her feet.
- There are no more cobblers who make shoes (well, there are some who cater to highly specialized foot issues).
- He'd go to a cobbler and say ‘I want my shoes just so’ and that's how they got their gear.
- Born to a family of shoemakers, he received little formal education and, on the death of his mother, was apprenticed to another cobbler when he was just ten years old.
- Given that he is a competent cobbler with a market for his products, it would be foolish of him to turn his hand to another trade.
- Everyone shared what they had with others, doctors treated neighbourhood children free of charge, cobblers repaired boots free of charge and so on.
- Nothing is more important to a cobbler or shoe designer.
- I'm giving the impression I'm like the cobbler with the shoe-making elves.
- Each small community would have had its local cobbler who produced shoes to fit each individual customer uniquely.
- The old cobbler who had been mending shoes in the doorway of a building was unexpectedly replaced by a stranger.
- I even stopped in the cobblers to say hello to the shoemaker's wife, and promised to buy my next pair of shoes from them.
- We had the candles, hatters, cobblers and bakers representing the strong trades in Rathkeale in the 19th century.
- In the quiet twilight, the cobbler slowly set down his tools, laying the wooden shoe at the foot of his stool and rising slowly.
- This is a triumphant return to the screen for him after his five-year break, partly spent pursuing the craft of the shoemakers - cobblers, in fact.
- Every house had a last for putting tips on heels and patches on soles but they were brought to the cobbler when new soles were needed.
- A cobbler may make shoes, and then sell them to acquire the money to buy food and clothes.
- You should consider a wider pair of shoes or have a cobbler stretch yours.
- I passed the cobbler and the tailor's shop, then turned the corner.
- I'm fortunate in having a decent cobbler nearby, so I can get boots reheeled until the uppers collapse.
2An iced drink made with wine or sherry, sugar, and lemon. (用葡萄酒或雪利酒加糖和柠檬制成的)酒味冷饮 3North American A dessert consisting of fruit baked in a deep dish with a thick, cake-like crust on top. Example sentencesExamples - They came up with a menu, and put together a meal to serve the class: biscuits and gravy, peach cobbler, and plantation punch.
- The bushes produce enough berries for a cobbler or a crumble, but not enough for jam.
- There is a freshly baked berry cobbler sitting by the stove.
- The food is often some concoction of lamb, frequently accompanied by rice, sweet potatoes, warm bread, and finished with a desert such as plumb cobbler with cream.
- They bring steaming trays of potato kugel and berry cobbler, bottles of grape juice and sweet wine.
- A steaming, fresh-from-the-oven blackberry cobbler served with dairy cream was for dessert.
- When you arrive, be sure to introduce yourself to this unique part of Texas with a local favorite: black cherry cobbler à la mode.
- A delicious dinner of ham, fried potatoes, hot corn bread, fresh butter, wild bee honey, and huckleberry cobbler is served.
- Whence our merriment came to a full and complete stop, we settled down around a freshly baked apple cobbler.
- How about some of that blackberry cobbler, Miss Birdie?
- This just feels like when I eat my grandmother's peach cobbler.
- This doesn't mean that I give friends or strangers the right to lecture me about how much sugar or fat is in the piece of peach cobbler I'm eating.
- A faint scent curiously similar to blackberry cobbler wafted on a warm draft from the beaker.
- We eat our chicken and kugel, and then we serve the raspberry cobbler for dessert.
- Be sure to try one of her sliced lemon cakes, her over-the-top peach cobbler or her wonderfully restrained sweet potato pie.
- For dessert I had the only thing I hadn't had - the apple cherry cobbler a la mode.
- I'll have a piece of berry cobbler when you can get around to it.
- For dessert, we ordered a peach and huckleberry cobbler with vanilla gelato and four spoons.
- The plate contained a large slice of peach cobbler, with the juicy slices of golden peaches oozing from beneath a golden brown crust.
- The cobblers I usually make have crumby toppings; this one would turn out biscuity.
Phraseslet the cobbler stick to his last proverb People should only concern themselves with things they know something about. 〈谚〉管好自己懂得的事;不懂的事别插手 Example sentencesExamples - My advise to the company: let the cobbler stick to his last.
OriginMiddle English: of unknown origin. |