gob stick

See also: gobstick and gob-stick

English

Alternative forms

• gobstick, gob-stick

Etymology

See gob (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gob stick (plural gob sticks)

1. (slang) A clarinet.
   • 2013, R. K. Cowles, “1930s Poems: Licking the Chops”, in Slang Poetry Volume 1, →ISBN, page 57:

     Stop spouting and give us some groovy licks on that gob stick of yours.

2. (archaic, UK, dialect or slang) A spoon.
3. A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
   • 1897, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 3, in Captains Courageous:

     He […] wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a "gob-stick".