单词 | cobbler |
释义 | cobbler n.   1. a person who mends shoes, esp. professionally.   2. an iced drink of wine etc., sugar, and lemon (sherry cobbler).   3. a a fruit pie topped with scones. b esp. US a fruit pie with a rich thick crust.   4. (in pl.) Brit. sl. nonsense.   5. Austral. & NZ sl. the last sheep to be shorn. Phrases and idioms cobbler's wax a resinous substance used for waxing thread. Etymology: ME, of unkn. orig.: sense 4 f. rhyming sl. cobbler's awls = balls: sense 5 with pun on LAST(3) |
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