gobshell

English

Etymology

From Irish gob (“mouth”) + seile (“spittle”).

Noun

gobshell (plural gobshells)

1. (Ireland) A glob of saliva and/or phlegm projected out of a person's mouth.
   • 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys‎^[2], London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 531:

     He fetched a phlegm and a gobshell splashed in the bladderwrack.