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gobble

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1.gobble - To consume, usually used with "up". "The output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer."
2.gobble - To obtain, usually used with "down". "I guess I'll gobble down a copy of the documentation tomorrow."

See also snarf.


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I never see such an old ostrich for wanting to gobble every- thing -- and I a-trusting you all the time, like you was my own father.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
If they were to turn one loose now, he would not get as far as the Garden of Gethsemane, till these miserable vagabonds here would gobble him up,--[Favorite pilgrim expression.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
They will find the cake and they will gobble it up, because, having no mother, they don't know how dangerous 'tis to eat rich damp cake.
The Adventures of Peter Pan by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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