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Cobbler vs Nobbler - What's the difference?

cobbler | nobbler |

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)
  • A person who repairs shoes.
  • (Addison)
  • A person who lays cobbles
  • A kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, that lacks a base crust.
  • (slang, usually plural) A police officer.
  • Look out, it's the cobblers ! .
  • An alcoholic drink containing spirit or wine, with sugar and lemon juice.
  • * 1858 June, , Volume 2, Number 1,
  • 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.
  • (obsolete) A clumsy workman.
  • * 1599 , , I. i. 11:
  • 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) see

    Anagrams

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    nobbler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, obsolete) A serving of beer or spirits.
  • * 1855 , , The Eureka Stockade , 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?"
  • * 1895 , , A Bid for Fortune , ReadHowYouWant, 2008 EasyRead Comfort Edition, page 266,
  • ‘A nobbler' o? rum,’ says I. Then he orders a '''nobbler''' of rum for me and a ' nobbler of whisky for ?imself.
  • * 1998 , , Tommo and Hawk , 2006, 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!’
  • * 2010 , Gerard Benjamin, Gloria Grant (editors), Tom Hurstbourne or A Squatter?s Life , page 81,
  • This done, he waves his hat and declares his nag can lick anything on the ground—for nobblers round.

    Derived terms

    * nobblerize