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goboons

goboons is the plural of goboon.

Meaning of goboon

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

Questions about goboons

What is goboons the plural of?
Goboons is the plural of goboon.

Words near goboons in the dictionary

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

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