cobbler
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Is cobbler a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Australia, New Zealand, agriculture, slang) A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).AustraliaNew-Zealandslang
2. (obsolete) A person who cobbles (“to assemble or mend in an improvised or rough way”); a clumsy workman.Examples: "Truely Sir, in reſpect of a fine Workman, / I am but as you would ſay, a Cobler."obsolete
noun (English)
1. (US, alcoholic beverages) An (iced) alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with lemon juice and sugar.Examples: "[H]e produced a very large tumbler, piled up to the brim with little blocks of clear transparent ice, through which one or two thin slices of lemon, and a golden liquid of delicious appearance, appeared from the still depths below, to the loving eye of the spectator. […] "This wonderful invention, sir," said Mark, tenderly patting the empty glass, "is called a cobbler. Sherry cobbler when you name it long; cobbler, when you name it short.[…]""; "In the creed of Asirvadam the Brahmin, the drinker of strong drink is a Pariah, and the eater of cow's flesh is damned already. If, then, he can tell a cocktail from a cobbler, and scientifically discriminate between a julep and a gin-sling, it must be because the Vedas are unclasped to him; for in the Vedas all things are taught."; "It was very hot when Captain Littledale was here; he did nothing but drink sherry cobblers."US
noun (English)
1. (British, dialectal)Examples: "["A]n' 'e was mad, an' so he snatched my cobbler an' run off with it. An' so I run after 'im, an' when I was gettin' hold of him, 'e dodged, an' it ripped 'is collar. But I got my cobbler—" He pulled from his pocket a black old horse-chestnut hanging on a string. This old cobbler had "cobbled"—hit and smashed—seventeen other cobblers on similar strings. So this boy was proud of his veteran."Britishdialectal
2. (British, dialectal)Synonyms: conkersBritishdialectal
noun (English)
1. Used as a name for various animals.Examples: "Fished for cobblers in the evening. The warbler sings its night-song."Australia
2. Used as a name for various animals.Australia
3. Used as a name for various animals.British
4. Used as a name for various animals.British
5. Used as a name for various animals.US
6. (usually in the plural, slang) A police officer.Examples: "Look out: it’s the cobblers!"Synonyms: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heelerplural-normallyslang
noun (English)
1. (US) Often preceded by a descriptive word as in apple cobbler, peach cobbler, etc.: a kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, originally having a crust at the base but nowadays generally lacking this and instead topped with a thick, cake-like pastry layer.Examples: "I have selected a few dishes, and made out a little bill of fare, which will go home in the steamer that precedes me, and be hot when I arrive—as follows: […] Apple puffs, Southern style. Peach cobbler, Southern style. Peach pie. American mince pie."; "The Al Qaeda online magazine 'Inspire' has a recipe for a homemade bomb. They also have a recipe for a pretty darn good peach cobbler."US
noun (English)
1. (Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.Cockneyin-pluralslang
2. (Cockney rhyming slang, in the plural, figurative) Nonsense.Cockneyfigurativelyin-pluralslang
Definition source: Wiktionary