The Clue
Seamen, slangily (4 letter answer)
The Answer
GOBS
Tags
Notes
The answer GOBS is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.
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Definition
GOBS as a noun:
1. (tons, dozens, heaps, lots, mountain, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings) = a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers"
GOB as a noun:
1. (mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog) = a man who serves as a sailor
2. a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
3. (trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob) = informal terms for the mouth