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the last person who can save shoes the landfill is already counting on.
means A cobbler is a person who mends and repairs shoes, or, separately, a fruit dessert baked under a thick crust of biscuit or batter.
from The shoe-mending sense comes from Middle English 'cobeler,' a word of obscure origin — etymologists honestly shrug at where it first stepped from. By the 1400s a 'cobbler' was someone who patched old shoes, as opposed to a 'cordwainer' who crafted new ones from fresh leather; the cobbler worked the worn, the scuffed, the second-hand. The dessert sense is a separate American invention, likely so named because the lumpy crust of dough looks 'cobbled' together like a rough stone street, or perhaps after the way the pieces are patched over the fruit.
- name origin
- From Old English meaning to mend clumsily, ironically
- dessert twin
- The fruit cobbler shares this name, not coincidentally
- old proverb
- The cobbler's children go barefoot, famously
- dying trade
- US cobbler shops dropped from 100,000 to thousands
- lasting tool
- The shoe-shaping form is literally called a last
john fluevog — canadian shoemaker who started in 1970, known for distinctive heeled boots and rebellious designs
salvatore ferragamo — italian cobbler-turned-founder (1898-1960) who revolutionized shoe construction and fitted hollywood stars
george cleverley — london bespoke shoemaker established 1958, still handcrafts shoes for royalty and celebrities