How to Use cobbler in a Sentence

cobbler

noun
  • Once baked, the finished dessert is more similar to a cobbler than a classic cake.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Will those little brownies be replaced with Soylent cobbler?
    Wired Magazine, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2011
  • On her return to Palm Beach, Jackie brought the shoe to a local cobbler and an icon was born.
    Micaela English, Town & Country, 3 Mar. 2015
  • But the central character is not some stooped old cobbler in the back streets of Prague waiting to hammer his first pair of shoes.
    Quentin Letts, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Merely a drop of this leather scented concoction will last you hours on end and leave you with the feeling of warmth and luxury of a cobbler's workshop.
    Vanity Fair, Vanities, 13 Feb. 2017
  • The menu includes watermelon and arugula salad, crispy escargot, seared salmon, surf and turf, mixed berry cobbler and more.
    Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2017
  • Every Southern woman knows how to whip up a warm peach cobbler or a classic Hummingbird Cake.
    Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Every Southern woman knows how to whip up a warm peach cobbler or a classic Hummingbird Cake.
    Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
  • Snob is an 18th-century term for a cobbler's apprentice and, by extension, for plebeians in general, like me.
    P.j. O'Rourke, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2016
  • But in today's vast cocktail world, some subsets of drinks demand straws: Cobblers, highballs, frilly tiki drinks, and especially frozen concoctions.
    Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
  • At the top of the stairs a shrinelike showcase holds the tools of Filippo, Della Valle's grandfather, a reminder of the family's cobbler origins.
    Alessandra Ilari, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2014
  • The tangy peach cobbler sauce was the best part of the dish.
    Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
  • The rentals come first, and the cobbler’s children have no shoes.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Then, if the toe box is too tight, bring them to a cobbler to stretch them.
    Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 June 2023
  • The kitchen was out of the pound cake, but the peach cobbler ($3.75), served warm in a cup, was available.
    Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • There is a nice trim along the edges that makes this look like a cobbler’s apron.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 3 June 2021
  • Scouts learned how to cook peach cobbler in a Dutch oven over a fire.
    Page Leggett, charlotteobserver, 19 July 2017
  • The cobbler is finished when the batter has risen to the top and forms a crust that looks like the surface of the moon.
    Caron Golden, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Cool the cobbler for 15 minutes, and then serve warm with ice cream.
    Daina Falk, SI.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • For a dairy-free recipe, try out peach dumplings as a new take on peach cobbler.
    Janae McKenzie, Glamour, 5 May 2022
  • Go for the dessert trio (mixed berry cobbler, creme brulee and sorbet).
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
  • Karl Blaha, a fiftysomething cobbler who’d once run the shoe shop, gave me a tour of the space the next day.
    Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2022
  • But the secret highlight on the menu is the peach cobbler, flaky and fresh instead of doughy.
    Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The cobbler comes with a free quart of roasted jalapeño soup and a recipe to use the soup for green bean casserole.
    Audrey Eads, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
  • But what’s the old saying about the cobbler’s children?
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The two kids roll up to the chicken place, order a number 17 and a peach cobbler.
    Matt Miller, Esquire, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Two desserts, peach cobbler a la mode and bread pudding a la mode, end the meal on a sweet high note.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • But cobbler chef Rich Bennett says one item not in the recipe is the real key.
    Gabby Ferreira, sacbee, 3 July 2018
  • Don't miss the sausage, old-school dirty rice (pungent with liver bits) and the peach cobbler.
    Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
  • The folkloric hero was replaced by a nameless thief, as well as a cobbler named Tack.
    Tim Brinkhof, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024

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