Definitions
Etymologies
- Shortened from cobbler’s awls, for balls (testicles or nonsense) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Redknapp, perhaps the only modern day manager to still have the word 'cobblers' in his vernacular which is a good thing, cannot fathom the hate the modern day football fan vents.”
“What do you call cobblers' punch? 'demanded Wegg, in a worse humour than before.”
“One other thing about cobblers is that it doesn’t usually matter whether you are dealing with fresh or frozen fruit, and both will give you great results, making cobblers a good choice year-round.”
“‘What do you call cobblers’ punch?’ demanded Wegg, in”
“I'm not contractually obliged to do cobblers, which is how the comedy world - which is so tightly managed in this country - works.”
“The majority of the Jewish men in Amran work in trade and vocational jobs such as cobblers or silversmiths.”
“The street had apparently at one time been one of some pretensions, but had now fallen upon evil days and become the abode of a number of petty tradesmen, such as cobblers, sellers of fruit and cheap drinks, dealers in second-hand goods of every description, and riffraff generally.”
“There are many mechanics among them, such as cobblers, tailors, silversmiths, blacksmiths, and other artisans, besides a number of merchants.”
“About nice drinks, anyhow, my recollection of the "cobblers" (with strawberries and snow on top of the large tumblers,) and also the exquisite wines, and the perfect and mild French brandy, help the regretful reminiscence of my New Orleans experiences of those days.”
“About nice drinks, anyhow, my recollection of the "cobblers" (with strawberries and snow on top of the large tumblers,) and also the exquisite wines, and the perfect and mild”
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cobblers’.
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UK - slang
chin wag, arse about, bollock, starkers, sweet Fanny Adams, skive, shufti, codswallop, rhyming slang, bollocks, nookie, skew-whiff and 208 more...
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rhyming slang
nelson eddys, apples and pears, whistle and flute, trouble and strife, berkeley hunt, jam jar, dog and bone, butchers' hook, barnet fair, boat race, bird lime, aryton senna and 26 more...
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Expressions of disbelief or disagreement
bollocks, come off it, rubbish, as if, bullshit, guff, i don't believe it, are you mad, tosh, nonsense, garbage, bunkum and 58 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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It's a Man's World: Appendix
Here be exceptions
dick, cock, dickhead, dickwit, knob, cock-up, cobblers, wanker, tool, dickwad, lady balls
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A Testicle by Any Other Name...
Please note these aren't all *strictly* testicle terms, but include other... uh... nearby parts.
Suggestions welcome.
Also, an interesting quote can be found here, and another on...stones, nuts, plums, sack, dingles, dangly-bits, ellipsoid glandul..., pinheads, junk, seeds, kernels, jewels and 77 more...
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tom swifties
emphatically, unthinkingly, precariously, meritoriously, unceasingly, coaxingly, fervently, copacetically, sibilantly, laconically, overbearingly, incorrigibly and 66 more...
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cockney rhyming slang
CRS words that i like
cobblers, jack, apples, laugh and a joke, bobby dylan, on the floor
Tweets
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sionnach "Cobblers!" said Tom at last. Dec 14, 2007