Etymology

gobshell

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Today it means: A glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth. Full definition →

Irish gob
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The story

  1. Irish · borrowed fromgob“mouth”
  2. English todaygobshell

From Irish gob (“mouth”) + seile (“spittle”).

Words from the same roots

Irishgob all →

gob

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