English

goboon

From gob (“saliva”) + -oon.

Formed from gob ‘saliva’ + -oon

Transalpine Gaulish *gobbo- ‘neb, muzzle’

Old French gobet

Middle English gobbe

English gob

Today it means

noun A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.

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