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cobble (n.)
"paving stone; worn, rounded stone," c. 1600, earlier
cobblestone
, probably a diminutive of
cob
in some sense. The verb in this sense is from 1690s. Related:
Cobbled
;
cobbling
.
cobble (v.)
"to mend clumsily," late 15c., perhaps a back-formation from
cobbler
(n.1), or from
cob
, via a notion of lumps. Related:
Cobbled
;
cobbling
.