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- noun   A type of hard long-lastingcandy , usuallyspherical in shape.
Etymologies
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Examples
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								I now have images of Willy Wonka walking out of the factory and screaming, “And your next gobstopper is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!” The Brass Ticket 2006 
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								Note to Nestlé, a sweet cannot be called a gobstopper if after only two minutes in the mouth a chalky, chewable centre is revealed; it’s all about the hardness, the layers, the changing colours and flavours. Archive 2005-09-01 Kirsty 2005 
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								Note to Nestlé, a sweet cannot be called a gobstopper if after only two minutes in the mouth a chalky, chewable centre is revealed; it’s all about the hardness, the layers, the changing colours and flavours. Oh, Oh Pressure! Kirsty 2005 
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								By the time Chi's perky pop-reggae descends into an alarming grindie rock-out, you'll hate yourself for having liked it, but as she helpfully points out, "You should watch your lip/ Giving too much gyp/ You need a gobstopper baby". 
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								So, if, whilst padding round in your hushpuppies on a tycoon's superyacht off the coast of, say, Montenegro, and a Russian Oligarch slips you a large brown envelope with US$ 500,000 to change the tariffs on, say, gobstopper imports, that is nobody's business but your own. 
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								Then, they may be safe, but a Senate aide notes: "Don't try to bite directly into any whole jawbreaker, gobstopper, jolly rancher, or for that matter, atomic fireball, before you soften it up, as it can damage your teeth." 
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								Liam had his first gobstopper, under the close supervision of his mother. Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010 
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								So, if, whilst padding round in your hushpuppies on a tycoon's superyacht off the coast of, say, Montenegro, and a Russian Oligarch slips you a large brown envelope with US$ 500,000 to change the tariffs on, say, gobstopper imports, that is nobody's business but your own. Archive 2008-10-26 2008 
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								Wouldn't this be nice in gray flannel, with a choker of gobstopper-sized cloisonné beads? 
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								Wouldn't this be nice in gray flannel, with a choker of gobstopper-sized cloisonné beads? January 2009 2009 
treeseed commented on the word gobstopper
Gobstoppers, known as jawbreakers in the United States, are a type of hard candy.
January 22, 2008