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单词 gobshell
释义

gobshell

English

Etymology

From Irish gob (mouth) + seile (spittle).[1]

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, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 18, p. 531,
      He fetched a phlegm and a gobshell splashed in the bladderwrack.

References

  1. P. W. Joyce, English As We Speak It in Ireland, London: Longmans, Green, 1910, p. 263.
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