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Definition of Gobbling
1. gobble [v] - See also: gobble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gobbling
Literary usage of Gobbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"Listening, to ascertain if any one was stirring, we discovered that a slave had
entered to feed some tur- kies, who were gobbling and making a great noise ..."
2. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"... and whom we call "the sharks," because of their remarkable ability in gobbling
up large and often double portions of every thing which comes to table, ..."
3. The British Angler's Manual: Or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland by Thomas Christopher Hofland (1848)
"... fighting any of us that touched him, and gobbling down a small trout, cut in
pieces, with all the apparent relish of a true glutton. ..."
4. Letters to His Wife by Robert Ernest Vernède (1917)
"horse, and dog gobbling round. It is quite pictur- • esque. The fanner very fat.
I find myself quite fluent with my French, except occasionally. December 5. ..."
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