noun General Slang

snob

SNOB · noun · informal

A shoemaker or cobbler

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A shoemaker or cobbler.

“Tak yer boots to the snob to be mended.”
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snob In A Sentence

Tak yer boots to the snob to be mended.

Origin & Usage

Old dialect/trade term for a cobbler.

People Also Ask

What does 'snob' mean in dialect?

In older North East and trade usage, a 'snob' is a shoemaker or cobbler.

Is this the same as the modern word 'snob'?

No. This dialect 'snob' means a cobbler and is unrelated to the modern sense of a socially pretentious person.

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