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cobbling
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Cobbling
(gcide) | Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cobbling.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together,
couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf.
Couple, n. & v. t.]
1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
cobble shoes. --Shak. "A cobbled saddle." --Thackeray.
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2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." --Dryden.
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3. To pave with cobblestones.
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cobbling
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n 1: the shoemaker's trade [syn: shoemaking, shoe repairing,
cobbling] |
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Cobbling
(gcide) | Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cobbling.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together,
couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf.
Couple, n. & v. t.]
1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
cobble shoes. --Shak. "A cobbled saddle." --Thackeray.
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2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." --Dryden.
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3. To pave with cobblestones.
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