page_title: A load of old cobblers
hierarchical_section_title: A load of old cobblers
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Alênes de bottierEnglish: Shoemaking awls source familiale / photo Dominique grassigli
context_page_description: "A load of old cobblers" and variants such as "what a load of cobblers" or just "cobblers!" is British slang for "what nonsense" that is derived from the Cockney rhyming slang for "balls" of "cobbler's awls". The phrase began to be widely used from the 1960s and is still in use but has become less offensive over time as its origins have been forgotten.
context_section_description: "A load of old cobblers" and variants such as "what a load of cobblers" or just "cobblers!" is British slang for "what nonsense" that is derived from the Cockney rhyming slang for "balls" (testicles) of "cobbler's awls". The phrase began to be widely used from the 1960s and is still in use but has become less offensive over time as its origins have been forgotten.
caption: Shoemaking awls
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