Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A summer drink to be sucked through a straw, made by shaking up together, in a large glass, pounded ice, wine, sugar, slices of orange, pineapple, etc.
- noun A fruit pie baked in a large deep dish or a pot lined with thick paste: named according to the kind of fruit used: as, an apple cobbler; a peach cobbler.
- noun One who cobbles, mends, or patches; especially, one who mends boots and shoes.
- noun Hence A clumsy workman; one who works in a clumsy, slipshod fashion.
- noun The last sheep in the pen in sheep-shearing time, usually one that: is hardest to shear.
- noun A small fish, Fundulus heteroclitus, found abundantly along the eastern coast of the United States.
- noun The thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris, a fish with long filamentous dorsal and anal rays.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mender of shoes.
- noun A clumsy workman.
- noun A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under
Sherry . - noun (Zoöl.) a marine fish (
Blepharis crinitus ) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who repairs
shoes . - noun A kind of
pie , usually filled withfruit , that lacks abase crust . - noun slang, usually plural A
police officer. - noun An
alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice. - noun obsolete A
clumsy workman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tall sweetened iced drink of wine or liquor with fruit
- noun a pie made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
- noun a person who makes or repairs shoes
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Examples
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The topping for this cobbler is similar in consistency to a cookie dough.
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Plus the sugar free peach cobbler is a rare treat for a diabetic like me.
Black Bear Diner And The Thrice Cooked, Twice Eaten Steak Of Disappointment - The Consumerist 2009
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Feel free to substitute one for the other in order to make this Dewberry Cobbler because whatever you call them, these dark purple berries are just coming into season and this easy to make cobbler is a great way to enjoy them.
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The topping for this cobbler is similar in consistency to a cookie dough.
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Feel free to substitute one for the other in order to make this Dewberry Cobbler because whatever you call them, these dark purple berries are just coming into season and this easy to make cobbler is a great way to enjoy them.
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And don’t get me wrong — a blackberry cobbler is nothing to sniff at.
Dewberry cobbler is your reward | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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'When I first saw the floral banded wobbegong it looked similar to the species many fishers know as the cobbler wobbegong (Sutorectus tentaculatus), but on closer inspection there were some very obvious differences that help define it as a separate species.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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And if a cobbler is the vehicle I need to learn to better enjoy a fruit, then I'll gladly make the effort.
Plum Delicious! Barbara 2007
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And if a cobbler is the vehicle I need to learn to better enjoy a fruit, then I'll gladly make the effort.
Archive 2007-06-01 Barbara 2007
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I don't know if it would be properly called a cobbler, but I sliced up peaches, topped them with a mixture of butter, oats and brown sugar and then baked it.
Oh what a beautiful ... something or other Lisa B. 2006
likeflannel commented on the word cobbler
emily says (10:28 PM):
who's last name is shoemaker? thats a dumb name.
janell says (10:28 PM):
cobbler?
janell says (10:29 PM):
is that a shoe maker?
emily says (10:29 PM):
thats a pie.
lol.
janell says (10:29 PM):
no, i think it's a shoe maker too
emily says (10:29 PM):
mmm...i think its a pie. lol.
janell says (10:29 PM):
well you think.
janell says (10:30 PM):
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cobbler
definition one!
your pie is number two!
emily says (10:30 PM):
NO!
janell says (10:30 PM):
FUCK YOU, DICTIONARY WIN
I R WINRAR
emily says (10:30 PM):
PIE IS ALWAYS #1 IN MY HEART!
janell says (10:31 PM):
IF THERE IS PIE IN YOUR HEART YOU HAVE BAD ARTERIES.
AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T EAT PIE.
emily says (10:31 PM):
WHATEVER!
MMM PIE!
janell says (10:31 PM):
MMMM SHOEMAKERS
THEY HAVE MUSCLES AND CAN OCCASIONALLY BE ATTRACTIVE.
IF THEY STILL EXIST.
janell says (10:32 PM):
WHICH, I'M SURE THEY DO.
emily says (10:32 PM):
they do.
fancy shoes are handmade.
or, the original model of a fancy shoe is handmade.
janell says (10:32 PM):
...remember those "fancy" shoes that kyle and whatshisface made in history out of ductape?
emily says (10:33 PM):
hahahah...
yeah.
September 8, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word cobbler
South Australian cobbler: a fish with poisonous dorsal fins
March 27, 2010
john commented on the word cobbler
“A spoon pie (more like a fruit stew with dumplings), in which biscuit dough is dropped onto the fruit before baking. The consensus is that the dish got its name because the lumps of cooked dough resembled cobblestones.”
Ochef.com, Cobbler, Crisp, Crumble, Grunt, Slump—You Get the Picture
April 6, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word cobbler
The last sheep to be sheared.
December 14, 2011