stob
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stob
1275–1325; Middle English; variant of stub 1
Example Sentences
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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
If you want to stob here, you will do as you are dold to do.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
"Noo," says Bandy, "we'll touch his lauchin' bump"; an' he gae Sandy a stob aboot the heid wi' his finger, an' Sandy set to the lauchin', ye never heard the like.
From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.
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
Vell, somepody better toldt dem to stob id.
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.
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