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   gobbet

   /ˈɡɒbɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a piece or lump of flesh, food, or other matter: "a torn-off gobbet of flesh"
   • 2. an extract from a text, especially one set for translation or comment in an examination: "the poetry was mainly seen as a quarry for gobbets"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French gobet, diminutive of gobe (see gob1).

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • G

     2

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

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