subs. (common).—The mouth. [From GOB, subs.] For synonyms, see POTATO-TRAP.
1819. SCOTT, The Bride of Lammermoor, ch. i. Your characters … made too much use of the GOB-BOX; they patter too much.
1848. FORSTER, The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith, Bk. IV., ch. xiv., p. 414 (5th ed.). Shuter protesting in his vehement odd way that ‘the boy could “patter,”’ and ‘use the GOB-BOX as quick and smart as any of “them.”’
