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gobstopper

(ˈɡɒbˌstɒpə)

(Cookery) Brit a large hard sweet consisting of different coloured concentric layers that are revealed as it is sucked

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gobstopper

jawbreaker

Translations

gobstopper

n → Riesenbonbon m or nt (mit verschiedenen Farbschichten)

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Bob presents the popular Gobstopper show twice weekly which, among other things, gives local musicians the platform to perform to a wider audience.

Check it out - I'm alive!

PAUL HENNESSY was expected to win the Barrys Tea 750 final at Cork on Saturday night with 5-4 favourite Heart Rumble but it was the 14-1 outsider Gobstopper that landed the EUR5,500 prize for the Kilkenny trainer.

Dog Racing: REPORTS - Gobstopper sweet for Hennessy

Meanwhile, kennel companions Gobstopper and Galdare Romeo will be powering down the far side also.

Casey tops classic Shelbourne card

A free festival hosted by BBC Tees BOB FISCHER bringing his Gobstopper blarney to the stage as well as playing a stormer of a gig.

Music: On The Beat: Rob Nichols

Draw: 1 Group Rooster 2 Caislean Prionsa 3 Gobstopper 4 Galdare Romeo (w) 5 Yeah Man (w) 6 Droopys Armani (w)

Dog Racing: Man, Rooster power into Casey showdown; REPORTS & PREVIEW

More than 2,500 kits have already been issued to London bus drivers in a drive called Operation Gobstopper.

Crackdown on spitting thugs

Compere is the inimitable BOB FISCHER of BBC Tees Gobstopper fame, who'll be doing a turn himself.

Music: Festival gets growing pains; Also Playing: Whitby World Music Festival

More than 2,500 kits have already been issued to London bus drivers in an initiative called Operation Gobstopper.

THE GOBSTOPPERS; DNA kits issued to workers to stamp out spitting abuse

He stretched clear to win by five lengths, with Galdare Romeo taking second spot, half a length in front of kennel companion Gobstopper.

Other: Dog Racing: Yeah's the man!

He'll be well brassed off when he realises someone's put a gobstopper in his pipes.

Star challenge: My, haven't you changed; Tee hee. Don't you just love cringe-worthy photos of other people? This lot thought only their dear old mums would recognise these corkers. They would have got away with it too, if it hadn't been for that pesky M book

Two of the first people to sign up to take centre stage were Radio Cleveland's Bob Fischer, who presents the Gobstopper show, and Miss Middlesbrough winner Samantha Grierson.

Step up to the mic..

Heat 2 10-11 Broadacres Cash 2 Galdare Show 7 Gobstopper 8 Mama Tina 16 Scorchio 20 Raytown Thunder.