Lexic.us

Definition of Cobblers

1. Noun. Nonsense. "I think that is a load of cobblers"

2. Noun. A man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball).

Definition of Cobblers

1. Noun. (plural of cobbler) ¹

2. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) testicles. ¹

3. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) Nonsense. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cobblers

1. cobbler [n] - See also: cobbler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobblers

cobber cobbers cobbier cobbiest cobbing cobble cobble together cobble up cobbled cobbler

cobbler's cobbler's last cobbler's suture cobblerfish cobblerfishes cobblery cobbles cobblestone cobblestoned cobblestones

cobblestoning cobbling cobbly cobbs cobby cobelligerent cobelligerents cobia cobias

Literary usage of Cobblers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1900)
"Order as to the cobblers' market. Also, it was ordered and agreed by the whole community of the town of Beverley, with the consent of the council and ..."

2. Beverley Town Documents by Arthur Francis Leach (1900)
"Order as to the cobblers' market. Also, it was ordered and agreed by the whole community of the town of Beverley, with the consent of the council and ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1848 cobblers for the party,—snifters for the crowd,—or slugs for the entire company.—' Stray Subjects,' p. 110. 1850 [They promised to leave], ..."

4. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Your parsons are all cobblers, I'll grant ; but what are they all to me ... Of all cobblers we find in the string, suit as well,") From snob's stool to die ..."

5. Venice and Its Story by Thomas Okey (1904)
"... cobblers' Guildhall—S. Polo—S. Apollinare WE follow the route (Section XI.) to the Campo Morosini and turn R. by the church of S. Vitale along the ..."

6. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"ARMS OF THE cobblers OF FLANDERS. The emperor Charles V., ... Next day he appeared, and requested that, for the future, the cobblers of Flanders might bear ..."

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