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gobbet

[ gob-it ]

noun

  1. a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.
  2. a lump or mass.


gobbet

/ ˈɡɒbɪt /

noun

  1. a chunk, lump, or fragment, esp of raw meat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gobbet1

1275–1325; Middle English gobet < Old French: a mouthful, diminutive of gobe. See -et
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gobbet1

C14: from Old French gobet, from gober to gulp down
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Example Sentences

Our table is said to be such as would weary or revolt any but gobbet-bolting carnivores.

She used those very words, without a blink, and Pignaver swallowed the flattery as a dog bolts a gobbet of meat.

Colonel Gobbet was not allowed to enter Scotland, but was seized at Berwick and put in prison.

He picked them up in his hands, disregarding the butchered ends of the raw gobbet.

And a gobbet we have received of the civil laws, because of the equity that seemeth to be in them.

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