cobbler

noun

cob·​bler ˈkä-blər 

1

: a mender or maker of shoes and often of other leather goods

2

archaic : a clumsy workman

3

: a tall iced drink consisting usually of wine, rum, or whiskey and sugar garnished with mint or a slice of lemon or orange

4

: a deep-dish fruit dessert with a thick top crust

Examples of cobbler in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pies have become Ikeda’s main calling card and the shop offers 20 pie varieties including tripleberry, seasonal pumpkin and pecan, and a cherry cobbler. —Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026

This peach cobbler recipe appeared in the Arkansas Gazette on July 12, 1940, in a story by author and restaurateur George Rector. —Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2026

Each piece, handcrafted in South Korea’s cobbler neighborhood, has a pseudonym drawn from Rhee’s artwork titles, including Eli, Mona, Muni and Elva. —Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 16 June 2026

In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cobelere

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cobbler

noun

cob·​bler ˈkäb-lər 

1

: a mender or maker of shoes

2

: a deep-dish fruit pie with a thick top crust