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the cobbler's children are the worst shod

the cobbler's children are the worst shod proverb: synonym of the shoemaker's children go barefoot.

Proverb

the cobbler's children are the worst shod

  1. Synonym of the shoemaker's children go barefoot.

Synonyms of the cobbler's children are the worst shod

Questions about the cobbler's children are the worst shod

What does the cobbler's children are the worst shod mean?
The cobbler's children are the worst shod means synonym of the shoemaker's children go barefoot.
What part of speech is the cobbler's children are the worst shod?
The cobbler's children are the worst shod is a proverb.

Words near the cobbler's children are the worst shod in the dictionary

  1. the clock around
  2. the closet is glass
  3. the closet is made of glass
  4. the coast is clear
  5. the cobbler always wears the worst shoes
  6. the cobbler's children are the worst shod
  7. the cobbler's children go barefoot
  8. The Colony
  9. the com
  10. the computer says no
  11. the corpse at every funeral

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