Cobbled
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Cobbled is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of cobble.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of cobble.
More Meanings
- (of a road surface) Laid with cobbles.
- Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way (as in "cobbled together").
Example Sentences
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 snatches of comic songs in cobbled English as he did so.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shoemaking, soled, put, cobbed, cobby, cater-corner.
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