cobbler

/'kɔblə/

Thân thiện

A cobbler repairs a worn leather shoe at his workbench.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who makes or repairs shoes: A skilled worker whose job is to mend footwear.
   • A type of dessert pie: A deep-dish fruit dessert with a thick, biscuit-like dough topping, typically baked without a bottom crust.
   • A type of cold drink: A tall, sweetened beverage, often iced and made with wine, liquor, or sherry, and sometimes fruit.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Person):
  • The cobbler repaired the worn soles of my leather boots.
  • In the old village, the cobbler was an essential craftsman.
• Noun (Dessert):
  • For dessert, we had a warm peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream.
  • She baked an apple cobbler using her grandmother's recipe.
• Noun (Drink):
  • He enjoyed a refreshing sherry cobbler on the hot summer afternoon.
  • The cocktail menu featured a classic wine cobbler.

Advanced Usage

• "Cobbler, stick to your last": This is a proverb advising someone not to give opinions or meddle in areas outside their own expertise. It originates from the trade of shoemaking (a "last" is a shoemaker's model).
  • When the engineer started giving legal advice, his friend told him, "Cobbler, stick to your last."

Variants and Related Words

• Cobble (verb): To roughly assemble, mend, or put together. This is related to the shoemaker's work of repairing.
  • He managed to cobble together a solution from the available parts.
• Cobblestone (noun): A naturally rounded stone used for paving roads. This word shares the etymological root with "cobbler," relating to something rounded or lumpy.

Synonyms

• For the person: Shoemaker, shoe repairer.
• For the dessert: Fruit crisp, crumble (though these have slightly different toppings).
• For the drink: Iced cocktail, cooler.

Idioms and Phrases

• A cobbler's children have no shoes: An idiom meaning that a skilled professional often neglects to use their skills for the benefit of their own family.
  • The chef never cooks at home; it's a case of the cobbler's children having no shoes.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
2. tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit
3. a person who makes or repairs shoes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• deep-dish pie
• shoemaker