A gobbet is a small chunk of meat, roughly the size of a mouthful. It is derived from the Old French gober (to swallow) which is related to the modern word gobble (to eat quickly). In modern usage, a gobbet is an extract of text, or image, provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination. The Oxford English Dictionary contains no references to gobbets as literary fragments before 1912.

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  • A gobbet is a small chunk of meat, roughly the size of a mouthful. It is derived from the Old French gober (to swallow) which is related to the modern word gobble (to eat quickly). In modern usage, a gobbet is an extract of text, or image, provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination. The Oxford English Dictionary contains no references to gobbets as literary fragments before 1912.
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  • A gobbet is a small chunk of meat, roughly the size of a mouthful. It is derived from the Old French gober (to swallow) which is related to the modern word gobble (to eat quickly). In modern usage, a gobbet is an extract of text, or image, provided as a context for analysis, translation or discussion in an examination. The Oxford English Dictionary contains no references to gobbets as literary fragments before 1912.
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