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Once the mission starts, head over to Betty and agree to make Timmy cry by any method you wish (punching him in the gob is the quickest way) and head back to Betty for your next task.

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  1. noun A small mass or lump.
  2. noun Informal A large quantity. Often used in the plural: a gob of money; gobs of time.
  3. noun Slang The mouth.
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gobbet ·  glob ·  fleck ·  blob ·  mouthful ·  drool ·  dribble ·  smear ·  dab
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  1. Middle English gobbe, probably from Old French gobe, mouthful, from gober, to gulp, of Celtic origin.
  2. Perhaps from Scottish and Irish Gaelic.
  3. Probably shortening of earlier gobshite, wad of expectorated chewing tobacco, sailor; see gobshite.

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  1. Also dial, gab; from Gael, gob, the beak or bill of a bird, the mouth, = Irish gob, gab, cab, the beak, snout, mouth; cf. Welsh gwp, the head and neck of a bird. Cf. job, which is an assibilated form of gob.
  2. An abbreviation of the older gobbet, q. v,, which is ult., as gob is directly, of Celtic origin.
  3. Perhaps a particular use of gob, but cf. goaf, goff.
  4. from gob, n.
 

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