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gob iron

gob iron noun: a simple harmonica.

Noun

gob iron (plural gob irons)

  1. (slang) A simple harmonica
    • One kid drummed on a washboard, another plunked a broom-handle bass, a third faked chords on guitar, another blew into a gob iron (which was what they called a harmonica), and they dubbed themselves a band.2007, Joshua M. Greene, Here Comes the Sun, P.9

Forms of gob iron

pluralgob irons

Questions about gob iron

What does gob iron mean?
Gob iron means a simple harmonica.
What part of speech is gob iron?
Gob iron is a noun.
What is the plural of gob iron?
The plural of gob iron is gob irons.

Words near gob iron in the dictionary

  1. goave
  2. goaved
  3. goaves
  4. goaving
  5. gob
  6. gob iron
  7. gob irons
  8. gob job
  9. gob jobs
  10. gob off
  11. gob stick

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