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A Cobbler

  1. A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

(maker): Synonyms: (India, archaic) chuckler, cordwainer, shoemaker, (obsolete) snobscat, (Northern England, Scotland) souter

(repairer): Synonyms: (obsolete, one sense) botcher, (India, archaic) chuckler, (Britain, slang, obsolete) lad of wax, shoemender, (Northern England, Scotland) souter, (Ireland, dated) waxie, (Britain, slang, obsolete) waxy

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, agriculture, slang) A sheep left to the end to be sheared (for example, because its wool is filthy, or because it is difficult to catch).
  2. (obsolete) A person who cobbles (“to assemble or mend in an improvised or rough way”); a clumsy workman.

Alternative forms

cobler (obsolete)