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cobble1 definition

cob·ble (käb′əl)

transitive verb cobbled -·bled, cobbling -·bling

  1. to mend or patch (shoes, etc.)
  2. to make or compose hastily or clumsily; improvise: often with up

Etymology: ME < cobelere, cobbler

cobble2 definition

cob·ble (käb′əl)

noun

  1. a cobblestone
  2. cob coal

Etymology: prob. < cob

transitive verb cobbled -·bled, cobbling -·bling

to pave with cobblestones

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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