THE COBBLER
[ TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir,—My definition of a "cobbler," which you quote in this morning's paper, was carelessly written. Strictly speaking the cobbler is the last, not the roughest sheep in a pen, though the roughest sheep is always the last and shearers as often use the word to mean one as the other. Morris's "Austral English" says it is an old English rustic expression. Harvesters forking the last sheaf in a field call out, "This is what the cobbler threw at his wife!" "What?" "His last." The word has been in use in Canterbury sheds at least since 1890 and probably much longer.—Yours, etc., L. G. D. ACLAND. Hororata, December 24, 1934.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21356, 26 December 1934, Page 7
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