A person who repairs or makes shoes, or a fruit dessert with a thick biscuit or cake topping baked on top of filling.
From Middle English 'cobler,' possibly derived from 'cobble' meaning 'to repair roughly,' or connected to Old Norse sources; the dessert sense is American English from the 1800s.
Apple cobbler got its name because early American cobblers (shoemakers) turned fruit preparation into a dessert resembling cobblestones or rough patches—making it one of the few foods named after a profession rather than ingredients!
Historically a male-dominated trade with formal apprenticeship systems. Women cobblers existed but were largely excluded from guilds and records, their work relegated to informal or family labor.
Use 'cobbler' or 'shoe repairer' without gender assumption. If discussing history, acknowledge women's invisible labor in the trade.
["shoe repairer","shoemaker"]
Women's contributions to leatherworking and shoe repair were historically uncredited; many worked as cobblers but lack records due to guild exclusion.
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