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slobgollion Whaling slang.|slɒbˈgɒljən|
[Origin unknown: cf. slumgullion.]
A substance found in sperm-oil (see quot.).
1851H. Melville Moby Dick III. viii. 65 It is called slobgollion; an appellation original with the whalemen... It is an ineffably oozy, stringy affair, most frequently found in the tubs of sperm, after a profound squeezing, and subsequent decanting. |