cobblers
Meaning
- (form-of, plural) plural of cobbler
- (Cockney, slang) testicles.
- (Cockney, slang) Nonsense.
cobbler
- A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.
- (Australia, New-Zealand, slang) A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).
- (obsolete) A person who cobbles (“to assemble or mend in an improvised or rough way”); a clumsy workman.
Synonyms
marry-muff
fadoodle
Translations
هراء
bajanada
Geschwätz
bottierFrequency
Etymology
Shortened from cobbler’s awls, for balls (testicles or nonsense)http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cob1.htm
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