Cobblers
['kɒbləs]
Definition
(noun.) a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball).
(noun.) nonsense; 'I think that is a load of cobblers'.
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Examples
- And a State may get on without cobblers; but when the guardians degenerate into boon companions, then the ruin is complete. Plato. The Republic.
- Plato gave his account of knowledge on the basis of an analysis of the knowledge of cobblers, carpenters, players of musical instruments, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was a sallow man--all cobblers are; and had a strong bristly beard-- all cobblers have. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- What do you call cobblers' punch? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When I use it at all, I mostly use it in cobblers' punch. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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