cobbler's toast
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Schoolboys' bread and butter, toasted on the dry side and eaten hot.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “cobbler's toast” mean?
Schoolboys' bread and butter, toasted on the dry side and eaten hot.
Is “cobbler's toast” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.