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Cobble together   /kˈɑbəl təgˈɛðər/   Listen
Cobble together

verb
1.
Put together hastily.  Synonym: cobble up.






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"Cobble together" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hildebrand. The difference between Hildebrand and Waldere is the difference between an archaic and an accomplished mode of narrative, and this difference is made by a change in spirit and imagination, not by a process of agglutination. To make the epic of Waldere it was not necessary to cobble together a number of older lays on separate episodes. It was possible to keep the original plan of the old story in its simplest irreducible form, and still give it the force and magnificence of a lofty and eloquent style. It was for the attainment of this pitch of style that the heroic poetry ...
— Epic and Romance - Essays on Medieval Literature • W. P. Ker



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