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A cobbler with ambition — makes the whole shoe, not just the sole fix.
means A craftsperson who constructs boots and shoes from scratch, rather than just repairing them.
from Simply a compound of 'boot' and 'maker' — 'boot' traces back through Old French 'bote' to uncertain earlier roots, while 'maker' comes from the Old English 'macian,' to make. The word itself is plain carpentry of language, English's favorite trick: smash two job-words together and let the trade name itself.
- old term
- English surname since the 1300s, literally the job
- craft split
- cordwainers make new, cobblers only repair
- luxury survivors
- bespoke bootmakers still last fit each customer's foot
- military roots
- army contracts once built entire bootmaking towns