| 单词 | at one gob |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat one (also a) gob b. at one (also a) gob: in one mouthful. Also (and now only) figurative (U.S.): in a single effort; at once; in one go. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > at one mouthful at one (also a) gob1583 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Aa.ijv Thou wontest to vaunt he durst not meete thee in the face, but thou wouldest eate him at a gobbe, which now hast showed a paire of leaden heeles. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 41 And flead him, and thrust him downe his pudding house at a gobbe. 1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley i. i. A 3 b That little land a gaue Throte the Lawyer swallowed at one gob For lesse then halfe the worth. 1894 Lawrence (Kansas) Weekly World 13 Sept. 7/4 Cows are curious critters..the amount of water they can take at one gob is a corker. 1921 Smart Set Mar. 36/2 I took in all its lessons at one gob. 1963 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 21 Apr. iii. 2/1 Everybody..gave a spontaneous lift to the cornplaster industry by walking 50 miles at a gob. < as lemmas |
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