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GOBBET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gobbet mean?
• GOBBET (noun)
The noun GOBBET has 1 sense:
1. a lump or chunk of raw meat
Familiarity information: GOBBET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lump or chunk of raw meat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("gobbet" is a kind of...):
raw meat (uncooked meat)
Context examples
And indeed to watch him dallying with a little gobbet of bread, or sipping his cup of thrice-watered wine, is enough to make a man feel shame at his own hunger.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In an instant the pot had been plucked from the blaze, and its contents had been scooped up in half a dozen steel head-pieces, which were balanced betwixt their owners' knees, while, with spoon and gobbet of bread, they devoured their morning meal.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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