gumball
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gumball
Example Sentences
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Many others — painters of Pontiacs, drugstore facades or gumball machines — were dismissed as frivolous.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
Like some kind of strange blob from outer space, purple jellydisc, also known as jelly drops, are made up of tightly squished growths in the shape of a chewed up gumball or a tiny brain.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2023
If the image of adjustables reminds you of those gumball machine rings that pinch like little crabs, consider this: Beyoncé, Lizzo, Saweetie and Lady Gaga have all been seen in Ms. Bunn’s sparkly wares.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022
In spring 2019, eco-gardener and entrepreneur Sebastian Everding marveled over how a German comedian, Oliver Tissot, repurposed an old gumball machine into an “automatic joke machine.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021
“I did not get it out of a gumball machine,” Marigold growled.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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