cobbled; cobbling
ˈkä-b(ə-)liŋ 
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chiefly British
: to mend or patch coarsely
3
: to make or put together roughly or hastily
—often used with together or up
cobble together an agreement
cobble up a temporary solution
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Examples of cobble in a Sentence
Verb
expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy
Noun
a street paved with cobbles
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The result is a mash-up effect in which each of the upper’s pieces look like they’ve been wrenched from different sneakers and cobbled back together.
—Riley Jones For Footwear News, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Philip Bump, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Action, not words, is needed now to end the suffering, silence the beating of war drums, and cobble back together the fragile coalition Biden needs to remain in power.
—Joseph Geevarghese, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
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Verb
Right down to a mad pitching scramble to cobble together the final six outs.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The result is a mash-up effect in which each of the upper’s pieces look like they’ve been wrenched from different sneakers and cobbled back together.
—Riley Jones For Footwear News, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
Maybe Vance can slip over into southwestern Pennsylvania and cobble together some more votes from the Laurel Highlands.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Action, not words, is needed now to end the suffering, silence the beating of war drums, and cobble back together the fragile coalition Biden needs to remain in power.
—Joseph Geevarghese, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
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“Cobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cobble. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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