Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In angling, an instrument for removing a hook from a fish's month or throat; a disgorger; a gulleting-stick; a poke-stick.
- noun A spoon.
- noun A silver fork or spoon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Angling) A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
- noun Prov. Eng. or Slang A spoon.
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Examples
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a gobstick, coming on ever so nerses nursely, gracies to goodess, at 81.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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"What you gobstick players need is a time-table," says he, "instead of notes.
Homeburg Memories George Fitch 1896
hernesheir commented on the word gobstick
gulleting-stick
December 6, 2010