"cobblers" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cobblers.wav
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 Categories (topical): Genitalia
    Sense id: en-cobblers-en-noun-0SLZdTqx Disambiguation of Genitalia: 87 8 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 6 6
  2. (Cockney rhyming slang) testicles. Tags: Cockney, slang Synonyms (testicles): testicles
    Sense id: en-cobblers-en-noun-1NpYMoRv 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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