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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Cobbling}.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together,
      couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf.
      {Couple}, n. & v. t.]
      1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to
            cobble shoes. --Shak. [bd]A cobbled saddle.[b8]
            --Thackeray.
  
      2. To make clumsily. [bd]Cobbled rhymes.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      3. To pave with cobblestones.
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