Cobblers

(noun.) a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball).

(noun.) nonsense; 'I think that is a load of cobblers'.

杰勒德整理

• And a State may get on without cobblers; but when the guardians degenerate into boon companions, then the ruin is complete. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Plato gave his account of knowledge on the basis of an analysis of the knowledge of cobblers, carpenters, players of musical instruments, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He was a sallow man--all cobblers are; and had a strong bristly beard-- all cobblers have. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• What do you call cobblers' punch? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• When I use it at all, I mostly use it in cobblers' punch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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