Example sentences from the Web for cobblers

English nobles heading the weavers, cobblers, and barbers of England!
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
He was fraternally interested in farmers and cobblers, and cared for the plain people.
William Penn|George Hodges
The day had closed in with clouds, which threatened to make the cobblers journey more miserable with a down-pour of rain.
Folk-lore and legends: English|Charles John Tibbits
In cabmen, in cobblers, in charwomen, individuality is often pushed to the edge of insanity.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens|G. K. Chesterton

It is that cobblers and tapsters may admire, that we wish to be seen in the company of their betters.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 290|Various

cobblers

/ (ˈkɒbləz) British slang /

pl n

rubbish; nonsensea load of old cobblers

another word for testiclesSee testicle

interjection

an exclamation of strong disagreement

Word Origin for cobblers

C20: from rhyming slang cobblers' awls balls

usage for cobblers

The use of cobblers meaning "nonsense" is so mild that hardly anyone these days is likely to be offended by it. Most people are probably unaware of its rhyming-slang association with ``balls'', and therefore take it at its face value as a more colourful synonym for ``nonsense''. The classic formulation "a load of (old) cobblers" seems to be particularly popular in the tabloid press

Words nearby cobblers

cobber, Cobbett, cobbing, cobble, cobbler, cobblers, cobbler's pegs, cobbler's suture, cobbler's wax, cobbles, cobblestone

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	cobblers
释义	Example sentences from the Web for cobblers English nobles heading the weavers, cobblers, and barbers of England! Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete\|George Meredith He was fraternally interested in farmers and cobblers, and cared for the plain people. William Penn\|George Hodges The day had closed in with clouds, which threatened to make the cobblers journey more miserable with a down-pour of rain. Folk-lore and legends: English\|Charles John Tibbits In cabmen, in cobblers, in charwomen, individuality is often pushed to the edge of insanity. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens\|G. K. Chesterton It is that cobblers and tapsters may admire, that we wish to be seen in the company of their betters. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 290\|Various cobblers / (ˈkɒbləz) British slang / pl n rubbish; nonsensea load of old cobblers another word for testiclesSee testicle interjection an exclamation of strong disagreement Word Origin for cobblers C20: from rhyming slang cobblers' awls balls usage for cobblers The use of cobblers meaning "nonsense" is so mild that hardly anyone these days is likely to be offended by it. Most people are probably unaware of its rhyming-slang association with ``balls'', and therefore take it at its face value as a more colourful synonym for ``nonsense''. The classic formulation "a load of (old) cobblers" seems to be particularly popular in the tabloid press Words nearby cobblers cobber, Cobbett, cobbing, cobble, cobbler, cobblers, cobbler's pegs, cobbler's suture, cobbler's wax, cobbles, cobblestone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cobblers cordwainer
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