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COBBLERS
cobblers
(noun) a man’s testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler’s awl rhymes with ball)
cobblers
(noun) nonsense; “I think that is a load of cobblers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Shortened from cobbler’s awls, for balls (testicles or nonsense)
Noun
cobblers
plural of cobbler
(Cockney rhyming slang) testicles.
(Cockney rhyming slang) Nonsense.
Synonyms
• (testicles): see testicles
• (nonsense): see nonsense
Anagrams
• clobbers, scrobble
Source: Wiktionary
COBBLER
Cob"bler, n.
1. A mender of shoes. Addison.
2. A clumsy workman. Shak.
3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. Cobbler fish (Zoöl.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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