mend+shoes

  • 101cobble — cobble1 [käb′əl] vt. cobbled, cobbling [ME < cobelere, cobbler] 1. to mend or patch (shoes, etc.) 2. to make or compose hastily or clumsily; improvise: often with up cobble2 [käb′əl] n. [prob. < COB] …

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  • 102cobble — 1. n. & v. n. 1 (in full cobblestone) a small rounded stone of a size used for paving. 2 (in pl.) Brit. coal in lumps of this size. v.tr. pave with cobbles. Etymology: ME cobel( ston), f. COB(1) 2. v.tr. 1 mend or patch up (esp. shoes). 2 (often… …

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  • 103resole — verb put a new sole on sole the shoes • Syn: ↑sole • Derivationally related forms: ↑sole (for: ↑sole) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 104far-gone — I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : remote in some respect (as from a standard or a beginning) far gone places : nearing an end sitting in the far gone night over their rum as a. : nearing complete exhaustion or death too far gone to raise his head …

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