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cobbled

cobbled is the simple past and past participle of cobble.

Adjective

cobbled

  1. Laid with cobbles.
  2. Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way (as in "cobbled together").
    • They were the terror of old ladies travelling in omnibuses. Sometimes in the middle of a drive down one of the principal streets, Harry's black face gleamed through the windows of the omnibus, and, instead of entering by the door, he climbed in through the window, singing his wild melodies and his...1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 84

Meaning of cobble

Verb

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

  1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
  2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
    • I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

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Words formed from cobbled

Phrases with cobbled

Questions about cobbled

What does cobbled mean?
Cobbled means laid with cobbles.
What is cobbled the simple past and past participle of?
Cobbled is the simple past and past participle of cobble.
What part of speech is cobbled?
Cobbled is an adjective.

Words near cobbled in the dictionary

  1. cobble together
  2. cobble up
  3. cobble-stone
  4. cobble-stones
  5. Cobblebank
  6. cobbled
  7. cobbled together
  8. cobbled up
  9. cobbler
  10. cobbler's
  11. cobbler's pegs

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