stob

[ stob ]

noun

, Chiefly South Midland U.S.

1. a post, stump, or stake.

stob

/ stɒb /

noun

1. dialect.
   a post or stump

Word History and Origins

Origin of stob¹

1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of stob¹

C14: variant of stub

Example Sentences

Stob, stob, n. a small post for supporting paling: a wedge in coal-mining.

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Stob a leedle, or py yiminey I soak yer in der chaw mit dot moosic!

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True, Ma never hesitated about taking a willow switch to him when he was a young 'un, or a stob of kindling when he got older.

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One who forms or mends thatched roofs with a stob, or stake, S. B.

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Halliwell (Dictionary) says it is a sort of “Stob-ball Play.”

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