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gobshells

gobshells is the plural of gobshell.

Meaning of gobshell

Noun

gobshell (plural gobshells)

  1. (Ireland) A glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.
    • He fetched a phlegm and a gobshell splashed in the bladderwrack.2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 531

Questions about gobshells

What is gobshells the plural of?
Gobshells is the plural of gobshell.

Words near gobshells in the dictionary

  1. gobs
  2. gobs off
  3. gobs up
  4. gobsful
  5. gobshell
  6. gobshells
  7. gobshite
  8. gobshites
  9. gobsmack
  10. gobsmacked
  11. gobsmacker

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