cobbler

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In “The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon,” which was also adapted for television, a cobbler from a small town in rural Alberta strikes a deal with the devil to trade his soul for curling success.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The rest of the meal, fully prepared and frozen, includes mashed potatoes, gravy, macaroni and cheese, sweet corn, green-bean casserole, stuffing, cranberry relish, dinner rolls, a pumpkin pie and an apple cobbler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Francis came into the collection a few years after the 2008 death of Pasquale Di Fabrizio, an Italian cobbler known in Los Angeles as the "shoemaker to the stars."

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

A cobbler in Kuwait, he found out about the incident while he was thousands of miles away from home.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

I wasn’t sure if it was just the sugar from the cherry cobbler or if it was bottled-up stuff over Jermaine or if maybe I had just stayed up too late.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore