n.1 a person who mends shoes, esp. professionally.
2 an iced drink of wine etc., sugar, and lemon (sherry cobbler).
3 a a fruit pie topped with scones. b esp. US a fruit pie with a rich thick crust.
4 (in pl.) Brit. sl. nonsense.
5 Austral. & NZ sl. the last sheep to be shorn.
Phrases and idioms:
cobbler's wax a resinous substance used for waxing thread.
Etymology: ME, of unkn. orig.: sense 4 f. rhyming sl. cobbler's awls balls: sense 5 with pun on LAST(3)