"cobblers" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cobblers.wav [US]
Etymology: Shortened from cobbler’s awls, for balls (testicles or nonsense)http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cob1.htm Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} cobblers
  1. plural of cobbler Tags: form-of, plural Form of: cobbler
    Sense id: en-cobblers-en-noun-0SLZdTqx
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) testicles. Tags: Cockney, slang Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms (testicles): testicles
    Sense id: en-cobblers-en-noun-1NpYMoRv Disambiguation of Genitalia: 25 70 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 84 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 79 2 Disambiguation of 'testicles': 0 100 0
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Nonsense. Tags: Cockney, slang Synonyms (nonsense): nonsense
    Sense id: en-cobblers-en-noun-jcNe4Dx- Disambiguation of 'nonsense': 0 0 100

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