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Synonyms for gobbet
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gob-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒb ɪt |
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Définition of gobbet
Origin :- late 13c., "a fragment," from Old French gobet "piece, mouthful," diminutive of gobe (see gob).
- As in chip : noun shard, flaw
- And a gobbet we have received of the civil laws, because of the equity that seemeth to be in them.
- Extract from : « Against War » by Erasmus
- She used those very words, without a blink, and Pignaver swallowed the flattery as a dog bolts a gobbet of meat.
- Extract from : « Stradella » by F(rancis) Marion Crawford
- Colonel Gobbet was not allowed to enter Scotland, but was seized at Berwick and put in prison.
- Extract from : « The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 » by David Masson
- And now he had bitten off a piece of them, together with a gobbet of my own flesh.
- Extract from : « The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere » by Charles de Coster
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