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单词 gibbin
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gibbinn.

Brit. /ˈɡɪbᵻn/, U.S. /ˈɡɪbən/, Manx English /ˈɡɪbn/
Forms: 1700s– gibbon, 1800s– gibbin.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Manx. Etymon: Manx gibbin.
Etymology: Apparently < Manx gibbin (although this is first attested later: 19th cent. or earlier), cognate with or formed similarly to Irish goibín < gob beak (see gob n.2) + -ín -een suffix2.Compare (with different suffix) Irish gobóg , Scottish Gaelic gobag , in the same sense (see gobbag n.).
Manx English. Now rare.
A sand eel.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Ammodytoidei ( sand-lances) > member of genus Ammodytes (sand-eel)
sand-eel1307
sandlingc1440
smould1605
lant1620
launce1623
ammodyte1698
sand-launce1776
gibbin1798
wriggle1816
1798 J. Feltham Tour Island of Mann vii. 84 The sands abound with small eels, called here Gibbons, or Sand-Eels.
1865 Mona's Herald 21 June A new branch has this year been added, in the shape of eel or gibbon trawling.
1868 Nat. Encycl. I. 627 In the Isle of Man the two species are distinguished from each other as the Gray Gibbon and Red Gibbon.
1873 T. E. Brown Betsy Lee in Manx Sun 28 June 3/2 Diggin' upon the sand—Gibbins, of course.
1927 Ramsey (Isle of Man) Courier 26 Aug. 7/2 What has become of the gibbons, which were so plentiful about here?
1958 Courier (Isle of Man) 21 Nov. 6/6 An' her thin as a gibbin, the sowl.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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