Cobbled
adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of cobble form-of, participle, past
- 1 Laid with cobbles.
- 2 Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way (as in "cobbled together").
"They were the terror of old ladies travelling in omnibuses. Sometimes in the middle of a drive down one of the principal streets, Harry's black face gleamed through the windows of the omnibus, and, instead of entering by the door, he climbed in through the window, singing his wild melodies and his snatches of comic songs in cobbled English as he did so."
Example
More examples"They were the terror of old ladies travelling in omnibuses. Sometimes in the middle of a drive down one of the principal streets, Harry's black face gleamed through the windows of the omnibus, and, instead of entering by the door, he climbed in through the window, singing his wild melodies and his snatches of comic songs in cobbled English as he did so."
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