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cobbling together

cobbling together is the present participle and gerund of cobble together.

Meaning of cobble together

Verb

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

  1. To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.
    • As a Londoner and regular user since the 1980s, I remember how it was an awful, mismatched place cobbled together from various styles of architecture and which was anything but passenger friendly.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 30

Questions about cobbling together

What is cobbling together the present participle and gerund of?
Cobbling together is the present participle and gerund of cobble together.

Words near cobbling together in the dictionary

  1. cobblestone ice
  2. cobblestoned
  3. cobblestones
  4. cobblestoning
  5. cobbling
  6. cobbling together
  7. cobbling up
  8. cobblings
  9. cobbly
  10. Cobbold
  11. Cobbolds

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