Gobstick

Gob´stick`

n.	1.	(Angling) A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet. He . . . wrenched out the hook with the short wooden stick he called a "gobstick." - Kipling.
	2.	A spoon.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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