stob

American

[stob] / stɒb /

noun

Chiefly South Midland U.S.

a post, stump, or stake.

stob British

/ stɒb /

noun

dialect a post or stump

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Etymology

Origin of stob

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub ¹

Example Sentences

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Bei Gott! you bedder git oop und back your glo'es, und stob dod gryin'.

From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Tarkington, Booth

Some one tried to pull him down into his seat, but he struck the hand away, crying loudly, "Stob it! stob it, I say!"

From Stage Confidences by Morris, Clara

He come in from a neighbor's one day and the mule throwed him on a stob 'fore he got to the house.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

And the Guffernment would stob you, if they got to know.

From The Valley of the Kings by Pickthall, Marmaduke William

If you want to stob here, you will do as you are dold to do.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

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