Cobbler
noun
A person who makes or repairs shoes.
The cobbler mended my boots perfectly.
Often appears as...
- shoe cobbler
- village cobbler
noun
A dessert made of fruit baked with a crumbly topping.
My mom made a delicious peach cobbler for dessert.
Often appears as...
- peach cobbler
- apple cobbler
noun
A long iced drink made with alcohol, such as whiskey, and fruit or mint.
She ordered a bourbon cobbler to cool off on the hot summer day.
Often appears as...
- bourbon cobbler
- mint cobbler
noun
An attempt to mend or fix, usually badly or clumsily.
My cobbler job of fixing the fence didn't hold up in the wind.
Often appears as...
- cobbler job
- cobbler work
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person who makes or repairs shoes.
The cobbler mended my boots perfectly.
Often appears as...
- shoe cobbler
- village cobbler
noun
A dessert made of fruit baked with a crumbly topping.
My mom made a delicious peach cobbler for dessert.
Often appears as...
- peach cobbler
- apple cobbler
noun
A long iced drink made with alcohol, such as whiskey, and fruit or mint.
She ordered a bourbon cobbler to cool off on the hot summer day.
Often appears as...
- bourbon cobbler
- mint cobbler
noun
An attempt to mend or fix, usually badly or clumsily.
My cobbler job of fixing the fence didn't hold up in the wind.
Often appears as...
- cobbler job
- cobbler work
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Occupational Term
Cobbler is a traditional term for someone skilled in shoe repair and might imply small-scale, artisanal, or local business.
The cobbler at the market repaired my sandals.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Craft
Cobblers have a rich history; understanding this can help you grasp the word's traditional connotations.
Cobblers have been essential in society since ancient times.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Shoemaker
Technically, cobblers repair shoes and do not make them; shoemakers or cordwainers make shoes.
I took my worn shoes to the cobbler, not the shoemaker.
Compare with
artisancraftsmanfixmenderrepairerrestorershoemaker
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The trauma of systematic...
Each night, before the first day of school, my grandmother would sit me next to the stove and with expert precision use a hot comb to press my hair. My grandmother was legendary, big, loud. She filled up a room with laughter and oftentimes curse words. She cooked a mean peach cobbler,
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Being Sergei Korolev PIPE...
genius I believe feels very much like being a carpenter or cobbler some of us are born to do one thing and in this case I was born to take humanity to space I was able to put the first
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The trauma of systematic...
Each night, before the first day of school, my grandmother would sit me next to the stove and with expert precision use a hot comb to press my hair. My grandmother was legendary, big, loud. She filled up a room with laughter and oftentimes curse words. She cooked a mean peach cobbler,
Video examples
Being Sergei Korolev PIPE...
genius I believe feels very much like being a carpenter or cobbler some of us are born to do one thing and in this case I was born to take humanity to space I was able to put the first
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Quote examples
Jay Kristoff
Australian Author
There's a fairy story called the 'The Shoemaker and the Elves' where this old cobbler keeps leaving leather out overnight and wakes up the next day, and there's a new pair of shoes. Co-authoring is a little like that. You send off the manuscript to your partner, and a few days later, you check your email, and hey, there's more book in here!
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Sandra Bullock
American Actress
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.
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Waris Ahluwalia
American Designer
I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.
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Boban Marjanovic
I cannot finish a meal if I do not have a good dessert. But when I say good, I mean it has to be really good. And it's usually small stuff - a piece of candy, crepes, some apple cobbler. No cake.
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Rick Bayless
American Chef
My earliest memory is making peach cobbler with my grandmother. A wonderful memory. I grew up in a restaurant family - B.B.Q. restaurant.
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Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.
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Lauren Alaina
American Musician
As a little girl, I remember always wanting my grandmother to make blackberry cobbler for me. I'm obsessed with it.
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Jeffrey Wright
American Actor
For me, an actor is a person who makes characters like a cobbler makes shoes.
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Harvey Keitel
American Actor
That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes.
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Aisling Bea
Irish Actress
I love my cobbler, and he fixes my soles and soul for me.
Quote examples
Jay Kristoff
Australian Author
There's a fairy story called the 'The Shoemaker and the Elves' where this old cobbler keeps leaving leather out overnight and wakes up the next day, and there's a new pair of shoes. Co-authoring is a little like that. You send off the manuscript to your partner, and a few days later, you check your email, and hey, there's more book in here!
Quote examples
Sandra Bullock
American Actress
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.
Quote examples
Waris Ahluwalia
American Designer
I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.
Quote examples
Boban Marjanovic
I cannot finish a meal if I do not have a good dessert. But when I say good, I mean it has to be really good. And it's usually small stuff - a piece of candy, crepes, some apple cobbler. No cake.
Quote examples
Rick Bayless
American Chef
My earliest memory is making peach cobbler with my grandmother. A wonderful memory. I grew up in a restaurant family - B.B.Q. restaurant.
Quote examples
Alexei Sayle
British Comedian
If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.
Quote examples
Lauren Alaina
American Musician
As a little girl, I remember always wanting my grandmother to make blackberry cobbler for me. I'm obsessed with it.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Wright
American Actor
For me, an actor is a person who makes characters like a cobbler makes shoes.
Quote examples
Harvey Keitel
American Actor
That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes.
Quote examples
Aisling Bea
Irish Actress
I love my cobbler, and he fixes my soles and soul for me.
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