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Originally Posted by garinda
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. |
Wasn't Tealeaf born Roe Greave Road
