From en.wiktionary.org:
[Cobbler]
** English
[2021]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en], [enm][cobbeler, cobler, cobulare, cobyller];[1] [en]. The word appears
to be derived from an early form of [en], but is attested much earlier than
the verb which suggests that the verb may be a [back-formation] from
[en].[2][3]
Sense 2 (“sheep left to the end to be sheared”) is a pun on _cobbler’s_
[en];<ref name="OED"/> while sense 3 (“clumsy workman”) is derived from [en]:
see above.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A person who repairs , and sometimes makes , shoes .
2. * [edition=5th]
3. * [issue=15]
4. * [volume=I]
5. * [1=en]
6. [en] A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy , or because it is difficult to catch ).
7. [en] A person who [en] ; a clumsy workman .
8. * [act=I]
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |Cobbler |cobbler, keep to your last |cobbler's |cobblership
|cobbler's pegs |cobbler's punch |cobblery |let the cobbler stick to his last
|the cobbler always wears the worst shoes,the cobbler's children are the worst
shod,the cobbler's children go barefoot }}
***** Related terms
{{col|en |cobblestone |cobble-stone |cobbling }}
***** Descendants
- [ga]
***** Translations
[person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Cimbrian: [cim]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Egyptian: [ṯbw]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] [female] , [eo] , [eo] [female] , [eo] , [eo] [female]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi] [only repairs]
- French: [fr] [slang] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] , [fr] [both archaic]
- Fula: [ff]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el] , [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] [dated]
- Icelandic: [is] [dated] , [is]
- Irish: [ga] [one who repairs shoes] , [ga] [one who makes shoes]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] [obsolete] , [it] [obsolete]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Ladin: [lld]
- Ladino: [lad] , [lad] , [lad]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] , [la] [Late Latin]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv] , [lv] , [lv]
- Luxembourgish: [lb] , [lb] , [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Marathi: [mr] , [mr] , [mr]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Norman: [nrf] , [nrf] [both Jersey]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc] , [oc] , [oc] , [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Swedish: [gmq-osw]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] [archaic] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Suku: [sub]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [female] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Volapük: [vo] , [vo] [male] , [vo] [female] }
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[sheep left to the end to be sheared] [trans-bottom]
[clumsy workman]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
[en]; it has been suggested that the word derives from [en], or because the
drink [en] the drinker.<ref name="OED"/>
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An ( iced ) alcoholic drink contain ing spirit or wine , with lemon juice and sugar .
2. * [chapter=Martin Enlarges His Circle of Acquaintance; [Increases His Stock of Wisdom; and has an Excellent Opportunity of Comparing His Own Experiences with Those of Lummy Ned of the Light Salisbury, as Related by His Friend Mr. William Simmons.]]
3. * [en]
4. * [passage=It was very hot when Captain Littledale was here; he did nothing but drink sherry COBBLERS .]
***** Translations
[alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with lemon juice and sugar]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 3
[en] From [en]. [en] is from Late [en], from [enm][4] + [enm], [enm].[5][6]
The further etymology of [enm] is uncertain; it is perhaps a variant of
[enm],[7] from [en], [ang], from [en], from [en], from [ine-pro]. However,
this is doubted by the _[Oxford English Dictionary]_.[8]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A roadworker who lays cobbles .
***** Translations
[roadworker who lays cobbles]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] [Switzerland] , [de] , [de] [Switzerland] , [de] , [de]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Romanian: [ro]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 4
{{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = Gewöhnliche Rosskastanie,
Aesculus hippocastanum 05.JPG |image2 = Conkers Abjat-sur-Bandiat.jpg
|caption2 = The shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree (_Aesculus
hippocastanum_) is sometimes called a cobbler _(etymology 4, sense 1.1)_,
especially when used in the game of the same name _(sense 1.2)_. }}
Probably a variant of or related to [en], [en],[9] perhaps from [en]: see
further at etymology 3.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en]
1. The shiny , hard seed of the horse chestnut tree ( [Aesculus hippocastanum] ), especially when used in the game of the same name _(sense 1.2)_ ; a conker , a horse chestnut.
2. * [chapter=The Casting Off of Morel—The Taking On of William]
3. [en] [en] .
***** Translations
[shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree] [_synonym of_ conkers]
*** Etymology 5
{{multiple images |direction = vertical |image1 = Estuary Catfish-Cnidoglanis
macrocephalus.JPG |caption1 = A cobbler _(etymology 5, sense 1.1.1)_ or [South
Australian catfish] ([Cnidoglanis macrocephalus]) photographed in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia. |image2 = FMIB 45758 Gymnapistes marmoratus.jpeg
|caption2 = A drawing of a cobbler _(etymology 5, sense 1.1.2)_, also known as
a soldier or [South Australian cobbler] ([Gymnapistes marmoratus]). |image3 =
Basa fish - Vinh Long Market.jpg |caption3 = Cobblers _(etymology 5, sense
1.2.1)_ or basa ([Pangasius bocourti]) on sale at a market in Vietnam.
|image4 = Pla sawai89.jpg |caption4 = [Pangas catfish] ([Pangasius
pangasius]), also known as cobblers _(etymology 5, sense 1.2.2)_ at a market
in Thailand. |image5 = - 9699 – Condica sutor – Cobbler Moth
(43832347655).jpg |caption5 = [Condica sutor], known as a cobbler _(etymology
5, sense 1.3)_, is an owlet moth native to North America. }}
[en].[10]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [Used as a name for various animal s.]
1. [en] _Also_ [ESTUARY COBBLER] :
1. The [South Australian catfish] ( [Cnidoglanis macrocephalus] ), a species of catfish native to Australia which has dorsal and pectoral fin s bearing sharp , venomous spine s.
2. * [en]
3. The soldier or [South Australian cobbler] ( [Gymnapistes marmoratus] ), a brown fish native to southern Australian estuaries which is not closely related to [Cnidoglanis macrocephalus] , but also has venemous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins.
2. [en]
1. _Also_ [RIVER COBBLER] : basa ( [Pangasius bocourti] ), an edible species of shark catfish native to the Chao Phraya and Mekong river basin s in Southeast Asia .
2. [Pangas catfish] ( [Pangasius pangasius] ), an edible species of shark catfish native to Bangladesh , India , Myanmar , and Pakistan .
3. [en] [Condica sutor] , an owlet moth native to North America .
2. [en] A police officer .
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[_Cnidoglanis macrocephalus_] [trans-bottom]
[_Gymnapistes marmoratus_] [trans-bottom]
[_Pangasius bocourti_]
[_Pangasius pangasius_]
- Irish: [ga]
[trans-bottom]
[_Condica sutor_] [trans-bottom]
[(_slang_ ) police officer]<!--add only slang terms for a policeman; add
non-slang terms to police officer-->
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Polish: [pl]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 6
right Uncertain. First attested in 1859;[11] various suggested etymologies
include:
- the top having the appearance of cobblestone rather than smooth rolled-out pastry; <ref name="Etymonline"/>
- [enm] , some type of wooden bowl, dish, or vessel (mentioned in a 1385 list of wooden vessels) <ref name="Etymonline"/>
- the dish having been cobble d together, as it is suggested it may have originated in the 吴语: British 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. [12] [13]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] _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 .
2. * [pages=574–575]
3. * [en]
***** Translations
[kind of pie, usually filled with fruit and topped with a thick, cake-like
pastry layer]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Polish: [pl]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Etymology 7
From _cobbler's awl s_ as rhyming slang for [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A testicle .
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=cobeler(e]
[2]. [pos=n] ; [pos=n]
[3]. [entry=cobble] ; [alt=cobble [2]]
[4]. Compare [entry=cobbe]
[5]. [entry=-el]
[6]. [alt=cobble [1]]
[7]. [entry=cop]
[8]. [entry=cob]
[9]. [entry=COBBLER] ; [entry=COB(B]
[10]. [pos= _n._ [1]] (names of fish).
[11]. [R:Etymonline]
[12]. [ last=Shepherd ]
[13]. [en]
*** Further reading
- [shoemaking]
- [cobbler (food)]
- [cobbler]
- [Cnidoglanis macrocephalus]
- [Cnidoglanis macrocephalus]
- [Cnidoglanis macrocephalus]
- [South Australian cobbler]
- [Gymnapistes marmoratus]
- [Gymnapistes]
- [Pangasius pangasius]
- [Pangasius pangasius]
- [Pangasius pangasius]
- [Condica sutor]
- [Condica sutor]
- [Condica]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]