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Definition of Gobbles
1. gobble [v] - See also: gobble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobbles
Literary usage of Gobbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Modern Philosophers by Elizabeth Hamilton (1804)
"... indignation of Mr. gobbles j who, from the plain and Cmple language made ufe
of by the young ..."
2. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains by Katharine Berry Judson (1913)
"WHY THE TURKEY gobbles Cherokee IN the old days, Grouse had a good voice and
Turkey had none. ... That is why the Turkey gobbles whenever he hears a noise. ..."
3. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman by Mary Clemmer (1874)
"... Refused — One of the Inconveniences of Ignorance — The Claim-Agent gobbles up
the Lion's Share — An Extensive Correspondence — How Claims are Mystified, ..."
4. The Red Indian Fairy Book for the Children's Own Reading and for Story-tellers by Frances Jenkins Olcott (1917)
"WHY THE TURKEY gobbles (Cherokee) THIS story, too, is what the old men told me
when I was a boy: — In the old times, the animals and birds liked to play ..."
5. A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs & Sayings: Explained and Illustrated from by James Hinton Knowles (1885)
"°°"J ' • *" ° * A big basket of kernels for crows (soon gone). Cited to a man
who gobbles up his food quickly. ..."
6. Mosby's Rangers: A Record of the Operations of the Forty-third Battalion of by James Joseph Williamson (1909)
"... Hurst and a Few Other Bold Rangers Makes a Series of Captures—" gobbles Up"
a Squad of Federal Officers and Gathers in Sutlers. Tuesday, September 13. ..."
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