noun

cobbler

KOB-luh

noun

A person who repairs or makes shoes.

"The cobbler resoled my old boots for a few pounds."

A fruit dessert with a thick, biscuit-like or cake-like topping baked over the fruit.

"We finished dinner with warm peach cobbler and ice cream."

An iced alcoholic drink made with spirits or wine, sugar, and citrus.

"The bartender served a sherry cobbler with crushed ice."

How to Use Cobbler

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomeone who fixes shoes for a living, or, in food, a baked fruit dessert with a thick topping.

Common pairings

peach cobbler the village cobbler

Word Forms

cobblers plural, cobblers plural, cobblers plural, cobblers plural, cobblers plural, cobblers plural, cobblers plural, Cobblers plural

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The _____ resoled my old boots for a few pounds.

Etymology

From Middle English cobeler, a word for a shoe-mender whose exact origin is lost; the verb "cobble" (to patch roughly) may actually have come later, from this word rather than the other way round.