goboon

== English == === Alternative forms === gaboon === Etymology === From gob (“saliva”) +‎ -oon. === Pronunciation === === Noun === goboon (plural goboons) (colloquial) A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket. 1923, Lucky Bag (U.S. Naval Academy yearbook) for 1923, entry for "Dwight Harvey Day", p. 75: He came into the limelight during segregation when a falling goboon brought with it a shower of something else and he earned the name of Reiny and a black N five stars. === References === "goboon" & "gaboon", Merriam-Webster.com === Anagrams === ogbono == Middle English == === Noun === goboon alternative form of goboun