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noungob iron (plural gob irons)
plural gob irons
- slangA simple harmonica
One kid drummed on a washboard, another plunked a broom-handle bass, a third faked chords on guitar, another blew into a gob iron (which was what they called a harmonica), and they dubbed themselves a band.
2007, Joshua M. Greene, Here Comes the Sun, P.9
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gob iron. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gob%20iron
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