Shoemaker vs Cobbler - What's the difference?
shoemaker | cobbler |
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:
Cobbler is a synonym of shoemaker.
As nouns the difference between shoemaker and cobbler
is that shoemaker is a person who makes shoes while cobbler is a person who repairs shoes.As a proper noun Shoemaker
is {{surname|lang=en}.shoemaker
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(wikipedia shoemaker)Usage notes
* A person who repairs shoes is a cobbler.Derived terms
* the shoemaker's children go barefootcobbler
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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 .