gumball
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gumball
Example Sentences
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Absent any activity, his shop stands frozen in time: a commendation from the city and a photograph of his father on the wall, racks of shoe polish, laces and an empty gumball machine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
That comment appeared to refer to part of the sheriff's report that said Jackson tried to care for the patient by putting a gumball in her mouth as a way to elevate blood sugar.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023
Everding, then 36, quickly retooled a former gumball machine into a joke dispenser and put it outside his home in Dortmund in the Ruhr River valley.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021
Sullivan referred to Monday’s opening statement by one of the counties’ attorneys, Mark Lanier, which included props such as a gumball machine.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
One time she crunched on a marble like it was a gumball.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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