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gobstoppers

gobstoppers is the plural 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

Questions about gobstoppers

What is gobstoppers the plural of?
Gobstoppers is the plural of gobstopper.

Words near gobstoppers in the dictionary

  1. gobstick
  2. gobsticks
  3. gobstopper
  4. gobstopper tree
  5. gobstopper trees
  6. gobstoppers
  7. gobstruck
  8. Gobur
  9. goburra
  10. goburras
  11. goby

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