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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kob-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒb əl



Definition of cobble

Origin :
  • "paving stone; worn, rounded stone," c.1600, earlier cobblestone, probably a diminutive of cob in some sense. The verb in this sense is from 1690s. Related: Cobbled; cobbling.
  • As in manufacture : verb build, produce
  • As in patch : verb fix, mend
Example sentences :
  • One wheel struck a cobble stone, and the buggy lurched horribly.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The Americans started to cross from Cobble hill, on the ice.
  • Extract from : « The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 » by Abraham Tomlinson
  • I'm a bad sewer, but I dare say I'd manage to cobble up something.
  • Extract from : « The Leader of the Lower School » by Angela Brazil
  • In a few days, the whole home-life on top of the Cobble centred around them.
  • Extract from : « Wild Folk » by Samuel Scoville
  • I can perceive all things in about the same way that I can see all cobble stones.
  • Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen
  • However, at Cobble Place every minute was a lifetime of delight to Michael.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 1 » by Compton Mackenzie
  • Don't you come to Cobble Place with that button on your hat.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 1 » by Compton Mackenzie
  • "I know that all these people at Cobble Place are all right," he groaned.
  • Extract from : « Sinister Street, vol. 1 » by Compton Mackenzie
  • The ruffed grouse strutted and drummed in every wood, copse, and cobble.
  • Extract from : « Vermont » by Rowland E. Robinson
  • But one cannot call it an attack, if he says that cobble stones are rough when they are rough.
  • Extract from : « Lucky Pehr » by August Strindberg

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