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cobblers

cobb·lers

US/ˈkɑblɜrz/ rare slang

noun

1.

nonsense

  • “I think that is a load of cobblers”
2.

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

Origin

Shortened from cobbler’s awls, for balls (testicles or nonsense)http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cob1.htm

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