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goboon

goboon noun: a receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.

Noun

goboon (plural goboons)

  1. (colloquial) A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.
    • He came into the limelight during segregation when a falling goboon brought with it a shower of something else and he earned the name of Reiny and a black N five stars.1923, Lucky Bag (U.S. Naval Academy yearbook) for 1923, entry for "Dwight Harvey Day", p. 75
    • [About Antek's bar:] Neither bright neon nor a soft fluorescence lighted either his ceiling or his walls; but there was plenty of butchershop sawdust along the floor and an old-fashioned golden goboon for every four bar stools.1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm

Forms of goboon

pluralgoboons
alternative formgaboon

Origin of goboon

From gob (“saliva”) + -oon.

Questions about goboon

What does goboon mean?
Goboon means a receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.
What part of speech is goboon?
Goboon is a noun.
What is the plural of goboon?
The plural of goboon is goboons.

Words near goboon in the dictionary

  1. gobo
  2. goboes
  3. gobonated
  4. gobonee
  5. gobony
  6. goboon
  7. goboons
  8. gobos
  9. Goboshi
  10. Gobowen
  11. Gobryas

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