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garinda · 27-09-2011, 16:01

How embarrassing.

The name Gobbiner's likely derived from old French.

gobbin v • [Cf..Engl dial gubbins fragments]

gubbins [ˈgʌbɪnz]n Informal
1. an object of little or no value
2. a small device or gadget
3. odds and ends; litter or rubbish
4. a silly person[C16 (meaning: fragments): from obsolete gobbon, probably related to gobbet]

gobbon noun.LME-L16.
[Old French, app. rel. to gobbe and gobet: see GOB noun1, GOBBET noun. Cf. GUBBIN.]
A piece, a slice, a gobbet; a gob of slimy material.

27-09-2011, 16:01	#32
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: The Gobbin Lamp How embarrassing. The name Gobbiner's likely derived from old French. gobbin v • [Cf..Engl dial gubbins fragments] gubbins [ˈgʌbɪnz]n Informal 1. an object of little or no value 2. a small device or gadget 3. odds and ends; litter or rubbish 4. a silly person[C16 (meaning: fragments): from obsolete gobbon, probably related to gobbet] gobbon noun.LME-L16. [Old French, app. rel. to gobbe and gobet: see GOB noun1, GOBBET noun. Cf. GUBBIN.] A piece, a slice, a gobbet; a gob of slimy material. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.