Definition of "gobstoppers" [gobstoppers]

• Plural form of gobstopper. (noun)

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• "The track also features the first (and best) use of the noun "pick n 'mix," namely, the do-it-yourself candy array at America's finest movie establishments, in a song (Turner's object of affection is partial to "gobstoppers" and "strawberry rips")."
• "` wool '; gab, Gaelic for ` mouth' (and hence ` chatter ') from which we also get the word gob (in England a popular form of candy for children is "gobstoppers"), and its derivatives gobble and goblet; galore, from the Gaelic gu"
• "Reading the menu feels like stepping back into postwar Britain: Soles in Coffins (sole fillets cooked in a hollowed out potato), Pease Pudding (split peas with parsley), Manchester Tart (a traditional jam and custard pastry he recalls eating at school) and a Sweet Shop Bag (a paper bag full of licorice, barley cane and gobstoppers)."