Cobbler vs Nobbler - What's the difference?
cobbler | nobbler |
A person who repairs shoes.
A person who lays cobbles
A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a base crust.
(slang, usually plural) A police officer.
An alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice.
* 1858 June, , Volume 2, Number 1,
(obsolete) A clumsy workman.
* 1599 , , I. i. 11:
(Australia, obsolete) A serving of beer or spirits.
* 1855 , , The Eureka Stockade ,
* 1895 , , A Bid for Fortune , ReadHowYouWant, 2008 EasyRead Comfort Edition,
* 1998 , , Tommo and Hawk , 2006,
* 2010 , Gerard Benjamin, Gloria Grant (editors), Tom Hurstbourne or A Squatter?s Life ,
As nouns the difference between cobbler and nobbler
is that cobbler is a person who repairs shoes while nobbler is (australia|obsolete) a serving of beer or spirits.cobbler
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Addison)
- Look out, it's the cobblers ! .
- In the creed of Asirvadam the Brahmin, the drinker of strong drink is a Pariah, and the eater of cow's flesh is damned already. If, then, he can tell a cocktail from a cobbler , and scientifically discriminate between a julep and a gin-sling, it must be because the Vedas are unclasped to him; for in the Vedas all things are taught.
- Truly, sir, in respect of a fine workman, I / am but, as you would say, a cobbler .
Synonyms
* (person who repairs shoes) shoemender, shoe repairer, shoemaker (person fabricating shoes) * (police officer) seeAnagrams
*nobbler
English
Noun
(en noun)Gutenberg eBook #3546,
- Carl Wiesenhavern, a man of noble character, and, therefore a man who hates knavery, and has no fear of a knave, answered with his peculiar German coolness, "Here I am, what do you want?"
- "Nobblers round," was the eager reply.
- "If that's what you want," replied Wiesenhavern, "you shall have it with pleasure."
- "We got no money."
- "I did not ask for any: understand me well, though;" pointing at each of them with the forefinger of his clenched right hand, "you will have a nobbler a-piece, and no more: afterwards you will go your way. Are you satisfied with my conditions?"
page 266,
- ‘A nobbler' o? rum,’ says I. Then he orders a '''nobbler''' of rum for me and a ' nobbler of whisky for ?imself.
unnumbered page,
- ‘Fer goodness? sake, Doreen! Give the gent a nobbler of brandy and stop making trouble.’ It?s the little weasel bloke what speaks.
- ‘Much obliged,’ I says to him. ‘Nobbler', is it?’ Doreen turns on her heel and she?s about to vanish into the main bar when I shouts after her, ‘'''Nobbler of ''Cape , miss!’
page 81,
- This done, he waves his hat and declares his nag can lick anything on the ground—for nobblers round.