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This usage distinction is not universally observed, as the word cobbler is widely used for tradespersons who make or repair shoes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Oxford English Dictionary [ 5 ] says that the word cordwainer is archaic, "still used in the names of guilds, for example, the Cordwainers' Company "; but its definition of cobbler mentions ...
Woodcut of shoemakers from Frankfurt am Main, 1568. Two shoemakers in Vietnam in 1923. Shoemaking is the process of making footwear.. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cordwainers (sometimes misidentified as cobblers, who repair shoes rather than make them [citation needed]).
This is a list of British game shows.A game show is a type of radio, television, or internet programming genre in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes.
The phrase originated as Cockney rhyming slang where "cobblers" refers to cobbler's awls which rhymes with "balls" (), as in the exclamation "Balls!"for "Nonsense!". [1] [2] The use of the rhyme allows a taboo word, in this case the vulgar exclamation "balls!", to be avoided. [3]
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Four years later, Tex Avery adapted the story for his 1950 MGM cartoon short The Peachy Cobbler. [6] The 1956 Looney Tunes cartoon short Yankee Dood It is based on this fairy tale, with Elmer Fudd as the king of industrial elves. 150 years after this fairy tale took place, he visits the shoemaker to retrieve the elves he has employed, while ...
Absolute Cobblers is a game show, based on an Australian format, that aired for one series on Challenge TV in 1999. It was hosted by Sean Meo and Wynnie La Freak. The idea of the show is that the host had to read out something and panellists have to decide whether it was true or 'absolute cobblers'.