Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In coal-mining, the refuse thrown back into the excavations remaining after the removal of the coal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also
gob stuff . - noun The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
gob . - noun mining The
refuse thrown back into theexcavation after removing thecoal ;gob stuff . - noun The process of
packing withwaste rock ;stowing .
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Examples
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Anyway, may God help us all if there ever was a plague, I haven’t noticed any cessation in gobbing, sneexing and coughing without shielding using hands, ‘kerchief etc.
Cheap Trick, Well Done. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2010
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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First there's the whole 'gobbing' thing, spitting on the band as a compliment
Branded in the 80s! 2009
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Put your money where your mouth is and try making on the spot decisions instead of gobbing off from behind a computer.
Customer Service My Arse « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Now, I admit that I'm slightly jaundiced on this topic, because I had to spend my school holidays in Dubai as a surly teenager and frankly anyone who spits on the place has my sympathy, but even so – it was a whole lot of fuss over what was, gobbing-wise, a damp squib.
Tiger Woods and his not-so-great expectorations | Harry Pearson 2011
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