cobbler
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Whereas once every town had its own cobbler, suddenly a shoe factory in, say, Worcester, Mass., could make better—and much cheaper—shoes for the whole country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
There were vendors selling peach cobbler, watches, hot dogs and offering tattoos and face paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Rose McGee’s years-long relationship with buttery crusts and heavenly aromas began with an impulse one day one Sunday morning to make a sweet potato pie and a blackberry cobbler.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
The caller at four thirty wants to know if I have any good cobbler recommendations and without even bothering to answer I recite the Tremont exchange and connect that caller to the taxi company.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Nor need they feel beholden to cupcake makers, cobblers, tax preparers or manufacturers of cheap lingerie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
With his aging rockstar looks, Francis says in darker moments he wishes he had taken the advice of some of the old cobblers who taught him the trade.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
Removing the top of the box, he revealed two carved wooden forms known as shoe lasts that cobblers use to make their wares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
From pies, crumbles and cobblers, strawberry-rhubarb is my pick for the season when temperatures are still cool enough to serve a warm dessert.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2024
Mr. Fisher said, “I would rather sell her blueberry cobblers than real estate.”
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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