cobbler

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, ; en. The word appears to be derived from an early form of, but is attested much earlier than the verb which suggests that the verb may be a from.

Sense 2 (“sheep left to the end to be sheared”) is a pun on cobbler’s ; while sense 3 (“clumsy workman”) is derived from : see above.

Noun

 * 1) A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.
 * 2)  A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).
 * 3)  A person who cobbles; a clumsy workman.
 * 1)  A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).
 * 2)  A person who cobbles; a clumsy workman.
 * 1)  A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).
 * 2)  A person who cobbles; a clumsy workman.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܐܫܟܦܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: মুচী
 * Azerbaijani: çəkməçi
 * Basque:
 * Bengali: মুচী
 * Bulgarian: обуща́р
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cimbrian: schuastar
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: skoflikker ,
 * Dutch:, schoenlapster, ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: botisto, ŝuisto, ŝuistino
 * Faroese: skómakari, skósmiður
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:, , , , savetière
 * Middle French: bobelineur
 * Old French: corvisier
 * Fula: jappaajo
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: მეწაღე, მეჩექმე, ხარაზი
 * German:, Flickschusterin, Schuhflicker, Schuhflickerin, , , , Schusterin
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ὑποδηματοποιός, νευρορρᾰ́φος, πᾰλαιορᾰ́φος, σκυτεύς, σκῡτοτόμος
 * Gujarati: મોચી
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: skómakari, skósmiður
 * Irish: gréasaí
 * Italian:, , , ciabattina,
 * Japanese: 靴直し,
 * Ladin: calighé
 * Ladino: kunduradji, kunduryero, sapatero
 * Latin: calceātor, sūtor, sūtrīx, sūtriballus
 * Latvian: apavnieks, apavniece, kurpnieks, kurpniece
 * Luxembourgish:, Schousterin, Schoustesch
 * Macedonian: чевлар, кондураџија
 * Maori: hūmeke
 * Marathi: चांभार, मोची, चर्मकार
 * Middle English: soutere
 * Norman: chav'tchi, cordonnyi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: skomaker
 * Nynorsk: skomakar
 * Occitan: calçatièr, cauçatièr,, ,
 * Old English: sċōhwyrhta
 * Old Swedish: sutare
 * Ottoman Turkish: اسكیجی
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Schusta
 * Polish: łatacz, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: greusaiche
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀бућа̄р, посто̀ла̄р , ва̑рга
 * Roman: òbućār, ,
 * Sicilian: zavatteri
 * Spanish:, , , , zapatero remendón, zapatera remendona
 * Suku: sapateiro
 * Swedish:, skomakerska,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: чоботар,
 * Uyghur: ياماقچى
 * Volapük: hilujukel, jilujukel, lujukel
 * Welsh: crydd


 * Danish: klamphugger
 * Finnish:
 * German: Flickschusterer,

Etymology 2

 * it has been suggested that the word derives from, or because the drink patches up the drinker.

Noun

 * 1)  An (iced) alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with lemon juice and sugar.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Polish:

Etymology 3
From. is from Late, from + ,. The further etymology of is uncertain; it is perhaps a variant of, from , , from , from , from. However, this is doubted by the .

Noun

 * 1) A roadworker who lays cobbles.

Translations

 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Pflasterer, Steinleger, Steinsetzer, Straßenpflasterer
 * Ingrian: kamenšikka
 * Italian: acciottolatore
 * Romanian:

Etymology 4
Probably a variant of or related to, , perhaps from : see further at etymology 3.

Noun

 * 1) The shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree, especially when used in the game of the same name (sense 1.2); a conker, a horse chestnut.
 * 1) The shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree, especially when used in the game of the same name (sense 1.2); a conker, a horse chestnut.

Etymology 5
en.

Noun

 * 1)  Also :
 * 2) The , a species of catfish native to Australia which has dorsal and pectoral fins bearing sharp, venomous spines.
 * 3) The soldier or , a brown fish native to southern Australian estuaries which is not closely related to , but also has venemous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins.
 * 4) Also : basa, an edible species of shark catfish native to the Chao Phraya and Mekong river basins in Southeast Asia.
 * 5) , an edible species of shark catfish native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
 * , an owlet moth native to North America.
 * 1)  A police officer.
 * 1) , an edible species of shark catfish native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Pakistan.
 * , an owlet moth native to North America.
 * 1)  A police officer.

Translations

 * Irish: gréasaí


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian: fakabát,, ,
 * Polish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 6
Uncertain. First attested in 1859; various suggested etymologies include:
 * the top having the appearance of cobblestone rather than smooth rolled-out pastry;
 * , some type of wooden bowl, dish, or vessel (mentioned in a 1385 list of wooden vessels)
 * the dish having been cobbled together, as it is suggested it may have originated in the British colonies in America among settlers who lacked ingredients and tools to make make things like traditional suet pudding and so fit together pieces of other pastry-topping materials.

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: плодов сладкиш
 * Dutch: fruittaart,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Fruchtpastete, Obstauflauf
 * Occitan: cobbler,
 * Polish:
 * Yiddish: טייגבאַדעקטע פֿרוכט

Etymology 7
From cobbler's awls as rhyming slang for.

Noun

 * 1)  A testicle.