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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. To make clumsily. ``Cobbled rhymes.'' --Dryden. 3. To pave with cobblestones. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cobbling n : the shoemaker's trade [syn: {shoemaking}, {shoe repairing}]
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