cobbler

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


1) The last sheep, an Australianshearing term.

2) Another name for the fish called the Fortescue (q.v.)

1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Dec. 23, p. 6, col. 1:

«Every one might not know what a `cobbler' is. It is the lastsheep in a catching pen, and consequently a bad one to shear,as the easy ones are picked first. The cobbler must be takenout before `Sheep-ho' will fill up again. In the harvest fieldEnglish rustics used to say, when picking up the last sheaf,`This is what the cobbler threw at his wife.' `What?' `Thelast,' with that lusty laugh, which, though it might betray `avacant mind,' comes from a very healthy organism.»

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