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Show Traeing Orlffln of "Gob. j A sMe-Ugbl was thrown upon tSj ; word "rcV bjr the Scotsman of a . gust 4, 1800, which Mid that when t meeting of tha coaat-guard tales plx, the nin Indulge In protracted yarm, I a draw of tha pipe, and a friendly chaw. Bach a wsslon la Invnrlsblj productive of a considerable xmount ot good-natured banter, as welt as frW sspectoratlon all around, wherefroa our friends vanie to be known as "gob. bias" (from "gob." i'e mouth), b the procem of time ,ob and gobbl came to ba appUid te tho ships manned I by the gobs. |