noun General Slang

gobiron

· noun · brummie

A harmonica. Black Country for mouth organ — literally 'mouth iron'.

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A harmonica. 'Gob' (mouth) plus 'iron' (the metal thing) — Black Country at its most literal and most affectionate. The instrument every miner kept in his waistcoat pocket for the walk home from the pit.

“Me grandad could fair belt a tune out of his gobiron.”
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gobiron In A Sentence

Me grandad could fair belt a tune out of his gobiron.

Origin & Usage

Variants gob irongob-iron

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