Definitions

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of cobble.
  • adjective of a road surface Laid with cobbles.
  • adjective Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way, (as in "cobbled together")

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Examples

  • That standard, incidentally, is of those arbitrary figures that bears no relation to any real threat, and has been cobbled from the usual junk science which the EU commission so loves.

    Surely we should be debating this? Richard 2006

  • During the passage of thirty years, I have come to understand that Calle Rico, still narrow, steep and cobbled, is a principal path to the heights.

    Calle Rico 2005

  • During the passage of thirty years, I have come to understand that Calle Rico, still narrow, steep and cobbled, is a principal path to the heights.

    Calle Rico 2005

  • Tribune Co., Todd Ricketts grew a beard, donned fake glasses and, for a late-season nine-game homestand, took on the identity of a job-seeking roofer with a name cobbled from those of former Cubs stars

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • Tribune Co., Todd Ricketts grew a beard, donned fake glasses and, for a late-season nine-game homestand, took on the identity of a job-seeking roofer with a name cobbled from those of former Cubs stars

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • This old cobbler had "cobbled" -- hit and smashed -- seventeen other cobblers on similar strings.

    Sons and Lovers 1913

  • This old cobbler had "cobbled" -- hit and smashed -- seventeen other cobblers on similar strings.

    Sons and Lovers 1907

  • If you would like a bit of period charm, they suggest their Traditional or Tradsett paving, which recall the cobbled streets of times past; and their Monksbridge paving, which offers the atmosphere of an old-world town square.

    UH Watch 2010

  • He points out that Chindia isn't just some klunky word cobbled together by academics.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2009

  • He points out that Chindia isn't just some klunky word cobbled together by academics.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2009

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