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rent-a-gobs

rent-a-gobs is the plural of rent-a-gob.

Meaning of rent-a-gob

Noun

rent-a-gob (plural rent-a-gobs)

  1. (UK, derogatory) Someone who regularly appears in the media, especially to stir controversy or self-aggrandize.
    • There would either be an obvious candidate for the splash story or you would be desperately scrambling the phones, suggesting interviews with the local rent-a-gobs on the council who you knew would say something controversial, if lacking in substance.2008, John Stoneman, The Road from Wembley, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 153
    Synonyms:
    rent-a-mouth

Questions about rent-a-gobs

What is rent-a-gobs the plural of?
Rent-a-gobs is the plural of rent-a-gob.

Words near rent-a-gobs in the dictionary

  1. rent-a-crowd
  2. rent-a-crowds
  3. rent-a-dread
  4. rent-a-dreads
  5. rent-a-gob
  6. rent-a-gobs
  7. rent-a-john
  8. rent-a-johns
  9. rent-a-judge
  10. rent-a-judges
  11. rent-a-mob

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