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gob stopper

gob stopper is the alternative form of gobstopper.

Meaning of gobstopper

Noun

gobstopper (plural gobstoppers)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A type of hard long-lasting candy, usually spherical in shape.
    • “Everlasting Gobstoppers!”’ cried Mr. Wonka proudly. “They're completely new! I am inventing them for children who are given very little pocket money. You can put an Everlasting Gobstopper in your mouth and you can suck it and suck it and suck it and suck it and suck it and it will never get any...1964, Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, New York: A. A. Knopf, page 95

Forms of gob stopper

pluralgob stoppers

Questions about gob stopper

What is gob stopper the alternative form of?
Gob stopper is the alternative form of gobstopper.

Words near gob stopper in the dictionary

  1. gob job
  2. gob jobs
  3. gob off
  4. gob stick
  5. gob sticks
  6. gob stopper
  7. gob stoppers
  8. gob up
  9. gob-stick
  10. gob-sticks
  11. gob-stopper

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