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[Middle English gobbe, probably from Old French gobe, mouthful, from gober, to gulp, of Celtic origin.]
[Perhaps from Scottish and Irish Gaelic.]
[Probably shortening of earlier gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco, sailor; see gobshite.]
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