1596. Shakspeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act ii., sc. 2. Even as you came into me, her assistant, or go-between, parted from me.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
Goblin, subs. (old).—A sovereign. For synonyms, see Canary.
1887. W. E. Henley, Villon’s Straight Tip. Your merry goblins soon stravag: Boose and the blowens cop the lot.
Gob-box, subs. (common).—The mouth. [From gob, subs.] For synonyms, see Potato-trap.
1773. Forster, Goldsmith, Bk. IV., ch. xiv., p. 414 (5th ed.). Shuter protesting in his vehement odd way that ‘the boy could patter,’ and ‘use the gob-box as quick and smart as any of them.’
1819. Scott, Bride of Lammermoor, ch. i. Your characters … made too much use of the gob-box; they patter too much. [[169]]
Gob-stick, subs. (old).—A silver table-spoon. (In use in America = either spoon or fork); (nautical), a horn or wooden spoon.
1789. Parker, Life’s Painter, s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.