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gobs

noun

Meaning

  1. A lump of soft or sticky material.
  2. The mouth.
  3. Saliva or phlegm.
  4. A sailor.
  5. Waste material in old mine workings, goaf.
  6. A whoopee pie.
  7. To gather into a lump.
  8. To spit, especially to spit phlegm.
  9. To pack away waste material in order to support the walls of the mine.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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